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- ↑ "Terry McDonald (b.1955) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ↑ Treasure, Troy (2018-11-08). Icing on the Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-9822-1407-4.
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