Slim and None
Without money, an arena or players, the odds were stacked against Howard Baldwin and his dream of founding a professional hockey team. But you won’t get your name on the Stanley Cup, nor an Academy Award nomination, if you’re not a dreamer. Before the World Hockey Association played its first games, they won several important battles in the courts that allowed the league to pursue players from the NHL. Today you’ll meet one of the founders of the WHA that was responsible for litigation—Don Regan.