<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IHockey Canada yahlela kabusha isakhiwo sayo ngoJulayi 1976, futhi isihloko sikaHolmes sasingunobhala-umgcinimafa ophethe ngaleso sikhathi. UHolmes wahlola umncintiswano ngo-1976 e-Ice Hockey World Championships  <response>: , futhi wabikezela ukuthi alikho izwe elalizobusa iNdebe yaseCanada eyayizodlalwa ngo-1976. Kamuva waba nomuzwa wokuthi iTeam Canada yayithandwa kakhulu, eqenjini elalihlanganiswe nguSam Pollock. UHolmes uthe ukuvuselelwa kweqembu laseCanada le-Olympic hockey kwaba nokwenzeka, ngenxa yeNdebe yaseCanada yango-1976 evumela ukuncintisana okungcono kakhulu kweCanada. I-Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union yasikisela ukuba kuthuthukiswe iqembu lasemayunivesithi lama-Olympic asebusika ka-1980, kodwa uHolmes wacabanga ukuthi kwakuzokhipha abadlali be-hockey yeqhwa abasebasha abafanelwe. UHolmes wasekela uBaba uDavid Bauer ukuba abe ngumholi wekomiti lokukhetha iqembu lama-Olympic asebusika ka-1980. 