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- ↑ "Laker Icemen Set To Face Three New Powers on '69-'70 Slate". The Evening News. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "Moments In CCHA History". CCHA . 2009. Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ↑ "ICHA scoring race ends in three way tie, Horner top goalie". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "NCHA History" . Retrieved 2015-03-08.