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- ↑ "Indians Are Headed For Top In Hockey League". Painesville Telegraph. December 29, 1930. p. 6.
- ↑ "Hornets May Tie For Lead If They Win". Border Cities Star. December 17, 1926. p. 2.
- ↑ "Merger Announced of Can-Am and I.H.L". Montreal Gazette. October 5, 1936. p. 19.
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