DETROIT — The world of hockey is confronting one of the more bizarre quandaries in the history of sports — how to deal with a slimy, gangly, eight-armed cephalopod mollusk. The octopus. After 36 octopi — including one that weighed 30 pounds — splattered the ice Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena, the NHL asked …
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Fans, players say goodbye to Maple Leaf Gardens TORONTO – The Chicago Blackhawks finished what they started – winning the last NHL game at historic Maple Leaf Gardens just as they won the first 68 years ago. “Unfazed by the hoopla of a gala goodbye party, the Blackhawks dominated all but a few moments in …
Cheevers Blanks Wings 7-0 09 Feb 1976, Mon Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, Maine) BOSTON (AP) — Gerry Cheevers, the Boston Bruins’ wandering goalie who is back in good standing after 3 1/2 years in the World Hockey Association. is off to a perfect start with his old pals in the National Hockey League. Making his first …
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