It was a day like no other in hockey history. On the same day Number 9, The Great Gordie Howe officially retired from hockey, Number 99, The Great Wayne Gretzky, officially ascended his throne. Following the most spectacular first-year performance in National Hockey League history, Edmonton Oilers’ Wayne Gretzky was informed late Wednesday he had …
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“No Good Hockey Players” —Shore Blames Coaches BY BILL GOOD At 44 years of age, Eddie Shore claims he could still take his place on the blue line of any National Hockey League club. No blushing violet he. Shore maintains he would finish the season “at the worst, on the second all-star team.” A veteran …
Blackhawks Protest Overtime Goal And Manager Gorman Takes Team Off Ice—Score 1-0 15 Mar 1933 The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts Boston Bruins 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0 This is the official score of the National League hockey game at Boston Garden last night. The score on the actual play with both teams in action was Bruins …
BOSTON (UPI) – John Buyck, who ended a productive 23-year NHL career two years ago, became the sixth Boston Bruins to have his number retired in ceremonies at the Boston Garden before a game between Boston and Detroit. Buyck, who played two seasons with the Red Wings prior to his 21-year stint with the Bruins, …
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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 …
He’s Mr. Hockey to Thousands U. S. Fans He’s Glamorous Figure to Even Those Who Ignore Hockey LIKE BABE RUTH Still Protects Goalie With Strength of Three Men, Says Lardner 13 Feb 1940, Tue Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) PART OF BALLYHOO By John Lardner by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc NEW YORK. Feb. …
Canada’s Arena MAPLE LEAF GARDENS 10 Feb 1994, Thu The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) From the evening of November 12, 1931, when Foster Hewitt broadcast the first game ever played at Maple Leaf Gardens, the building has held a mystique for hockey fans across the country.Hewitt’s radio broadcasts from “the gondola” were heard from …
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Aubrey Victor “Dit” Clapper was born February 9th, 1907 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, but raised in Hastings, Ontario. Dit Clapper played his entire 20-year career (1927-1947) for the Boston Bruins. To this day, only 9 other NHL players have played a 20-year career with only one team. he was also the NHL career leader in …
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