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Sportsmanship and Best Defenseman Awards. The following year, 1971–72, a knee surgery caused Joe's career to be put on hold, but he was eventually signed by the Winnipeg Jets of the WHA. The Winnipeg Jets played in the League’s Avco Cup Final in its inaugural year. The team and league took shape in 1973-74 and Joe, alias "Tasmanian Devil", finished off the season by being voted Most Exciting Player by Winnipeg Jets Fans. Joe's 3-year contract was then cut short, and his NHL rights were then owned by the New York Rangers by way of a trade with Detroit.
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Zanussi began his hockey career where Rossland was able to field a BC Juvenile Finalist Team in 1964-65. Detroit's Chief Western Scout, Clarence Moher noticed Joe at the finals and invited him to the Edmonton Oil Kings Rookie camp in 1965-66. He spent this season with the Oil Kings Jr. B Red
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