Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahoutia e Hockey Canada tana hanganga i te Hōngongoi 1976, a ko te taitara a Holmes ko te kaitiaki-kaitiaki-kaitiaki i taua wa. Holmes mataara te whakataetae i te
1976 Ice Hockey World Championships, me te matapae kaore he whenua e kaha ki te 1976 Canada Cup e haere ake nei. I muri mai i whakaaro ia ko te Team Canada te mea i manakohia, i runga i te roopu i whakahiatohia e Sam Pollock. I kii a Holmes ko te whakahoutanga o te kapa hockey Olympic o Canada ka kaha ake, na te 1976 Canada Cup i tuku i te whakataetae pai-ki-pai mo Canada. I whakaarohia e te Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union te whakawhanake i tetahi roopu whare wananga mo nga Taakaro Orimipia o te Hotoke 1980, engari i whakaaro a Holmes ka whakakore i nga kaitakaro hockey hukapapa rangatahi. I tautoko a Holmes i a Father David Bauer kia whakauruhia ki te komiti hei kowhiri i tetahi roopu mo nga Taakaro Orimipia o te Raumati 1980.