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They had missed the playoffs in each of their first three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, beginning with their debut campaign of 1972-1973. And fans and supporters of the Greyhounds who were used to the winning ways from the team’s days in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association were becoming restless and impatient. Ergo, with attendance declining and mumbles turning into grumbles, Greyhounds president Jim McAuley and general manager Angelo Bumbacco (who we would both lose to Heaven in 2020) went on a mission to western Canada and returned with a flamboyant, fast-talking showman as their new coach for the 1975-1976 season.