when was the association formed?
1971
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association was founded in 1971 
what is the difference between puma cougar and mountain lion In the United States and Canada, it is also called "mountain lion" where can you find it? America,  In the Santa Ana Mountains what sort of places does it live in? It prefers steep canyons, escarpments, rim rocks, and dense brush. how did it get it's name? The word 'cougar' is borrowed from the Portuguese "çuçuarana", via French; it was originally derived from the Tupi language. what do they feed on? The cougar will eat any animal it can catch, from insects to large ungulates : horses, fallow deer, caribou, mountain goat, coyote, American badger and pronghorn. what kind of animal is the last mentioned one? It is a species of artiodactyl, often known colloquially in North America as the American antelope does it's predator faces any threat? Yes, by habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, poaching, heavy traffic, which causes frequent fatal accidents how is it conserved? It is  listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. does it have any reference in mythology? The Inca city of Cusco is reported to have been designed in the shape of a cougar, and the animal also gave its name to both Inca regions and people. The sky and thunder god of the Inca, Viracocha, has been associated with the animal. is it a part of any sport? Several sports teams currently or in the past have used the cougar as the mascot like The Chicago Cougars which sport are they associated with? The Chicago Cougars were a franchise in the World Hockey Association
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World Hockey Association [SEP] Founding
The World Hockey Association was founded in 1971 by American promoters Dennis Murphy and Gary Davidson. The men had previously been the founder and first president of the American Basketball Association, respectively. They quickly recruited Bill Hunter, president of the junior Western Canada Hockey League. Hunter and Murphy traveled across North America recruiting franchise owners, and by September 1971, had announced that the league would begin in 1972 with ten teams, each having paid $25,000 for their franchise. The average NHL salary in 1972 was $25,000, the lowest of the four major sports, while players were bound by the reserve clause, a clause in every player's contract that automatically extended a player's contract by one year when it expired, tying them to their team for the life of their career.