Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1917 — “PRO” HOCKEY IN CANADA HIT [ARTICLE]

“PRO” HOCKEY IN CANADA HIT

Prospects of Game During Coming Season Are Decidedly Slim—Quebec Won't Have Team. According to reports in Canadian newspapers, the prospects of professional hockey in Canada during the coming season are decidedly slim. Following the positive announcement of Ottawa Hockey-club directors that they would* not guarantee salaries and that they would resume only if the players came in under a co-op-erative basis, news comes from Quebec that the ancient capital will not have a team. The plans of the National Hockey association called for a four-club league, consisting of Ottawa, Wanderers, Canadians and Quebec. However, with Quebec out the possibility of continuing is minimized. Toronto is a back number as far as professional hockey is concerned, at least until after the war, and there is no other place where a franchise could be exercised.