In the spring of 1978 the Pembroke Lumber Kings were coming off a second consecutive league championship and another  run at a Centennial Cup national title, but most of the headlines being generated by the club were about what was happening off the ice. The media firestorm that began as the Lumber Kings season ended […]

In 1978 the Pembroke Lumber Kings fired Bryan Murray.  The captain of that Lumber Kings team, Warnie Richardson, has been taking credit for Murray’s NHL coaching and general manager career ever since. Murray was let go after Richardson went public with several complaints the players had with the owners of the team and Murray didn’t […]