Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Hockey Canada hazigharịrị usoro ya na July 1976, na aha Holmes bụ odeakwụkwọ na-ahụ maka ego n'oge ahụ. Holmes bụ onye na-enyocha asọmpi na Ice Hockey World Championships nke 1976
, ma buru amụma na onweghị mba ga-achịkwa asọmpi iko mba Canada nke na-abịanụ n'afọ 1976. O mechara chee na Team Canada bụ ọkacha mmasị, na otu ndị Sam Pollock chịkọtara. Holmes kwuru na iweghachite ndị otu egwuregwu hockey Olympic nke Canada ghọrọ ihe ga-ekwe omume, n'ihi na 1976 Canada Cup na-ekwe ka asọmpi kachasị mma maka Canada. Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Egwuregwu Na-aga n'Ihu n'Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Canada tụrụ aro ka e hiwe otu mahadum maka Egwuregwu Olimpik nke Oge Oyi nke 1980, ma Holmes chere na ọ ga-ewepụ ndị na-eto eto na-eto eto na-egwu hockey ice. Holmes kwadoro Fada David Bauer ịbụ onye a họpụtara na kọmitii maka ịhọrọ otu egwuregwu maka egwuregwu Olympic nke 1980.