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Originally Posted by mochuck
I've been pulling what hair I have left out trying to verify this.. but I could have sworn that Connie Forey of the blues was banned for life from the NHL for slugging a ref in either 73 or 74 and showed up in the WHA the very next day with no name on the back of his jersey.. I thought I remembered a ref stating that if they knew who he was then.. that the refs would have walked out in protest.. could someone help me with this?
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Looks like it was a minor league where he was suspended for the rest of 73-74 and all of 74-75. He did indeed play four games with the Blues and one with the WHA's Cougars. He assaulted the ref in the WHL with the Denver Spurs. He then showed up in the WHA, and then(?) apparently the NHL for four games. He played in 74-75 in the NAHL and then never again on the pro level.
Sources:
https://icehockey.fandom.com/wiki/Connie_Forey
and
https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/...y.php?pid=8779