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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 8 Jun 1994, p. 25

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in the beginning Colt goaltender Roy (Tiger) Musselman reflects when junior B hockey first came to town goaltender of the 1984 Colts, will be celeâ€" brating 60 years of junior B hockey with hundreds of former Waterloo junior B hockey players. Other surviving members of the 1934 team include Louis Krueger, Walter Hagen and Bill Heer. After their i.naug\mlmfll(wmm to become the Hurricanes. ' "We didn‘t win any championship that year, but you have to understand that the City of Waterlco hirs this family attitude about its junior B teams," said Musselman who just turned 76 on June 3. "You have guys like (Whitey) Robert Kurschinaki (former City Director of Parks and Cemeteries), Howle Dietrich (WaterIco Recreation Complex supervisor) and Rio Caren (former Director of Recreation and Development) coming up through the sport "It doesn‘t faze me one bit that it (Waterâ€" hojunirbhafi)l-nrvhddldu years." Over the past 60 years Waterloo junior B hockey teams went under names such as the Kents, Hurricanes, Raitars, Dominâ€" ions, Cubs and Siskine, becoming the winâ€" ningest junior B team in the province, capped with its 11th allâ€"Ontario title this At the age of 16, Musselman, was EmflnepdflToAnW“w W’ wmam| â€"¢ c Do It Now â€" Avoid The Rush U 14 ~ i Over 78 years of seiling and servicing hicycles in the Kâ€"W are2., neuundati i4 «on spwir front of the goaltender. "You have to understand, the pace of the game back then wasn‘t as quick and wl players are in much better condiâ€" Following the Colts, Musselman went on hflqSuiflAlnchyinhNi*‘Am- WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1994 â€" PAGE 27 Although he never advanced to the National Hockey League, Musselman did have to opportunity to play with Boston Bruin Milt Schmidt, of the famous Kraut Line. In 1936 Musselman, a baseball and fastball catcher in Waterloo, was picked up bydnCulhg-KnnaAll-&ut.noming team of NHLers who played baseball durâ€" ing the summer months. "I played junior A hockey in Kitchener and I was the only guy who they knew, who could catch for the hardâ€"throwing 181 King St. S., Waterloo e eprees d ,fiw‘» £ '_.-.-,"'3:; B : 6 6 11 a m.â€"6 p.m. wegeenommvarteimenmmnmvemae c« â€"~â€"

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