Bruins coaching position in 1968, Munro became coach of the Centennials. In 1971, Munro worked with Brownridge to form the Calgary Broncos, an inaugural member of the World Hockey Association. The Broncos participated in the February 1972 WHA General Player Draft, but when Brownridge died, financial issues caused the Broncos franchise to be sold to Nick Mileti, who used the rights to establish the Cleveland Crusaders before the WHA kicked off its first season of play, in October 1972. As owner of the Centennials, Munro refused to allow his players to use curved sticks and asked trainer Bearcat Murray to keep an eye on the players so they would not attempt to curve their own sticks using hot water. In his role as owner, Munro was a key part of the group that formed the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1972, along with Bill Hunter, Ben Hatskin, and Ed Chynoweth. Munro died from cancer on September 20, 1975, at the age of 57. In his honour, the WHL awards the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy to their regular season champion. References External links 1917 births 1975 deaths People from Swift Current Calgary Centennials coaches Western Hockey League Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan