MONTREAL (CP) – For the first time in the National Hockey League, a New York team has won three individual awards in one season. Results of the voting for five-player awards were announced today. Bryan Trottier of New York Islanders became the youngest forward and second-youngest player Io win the Hart Trophy as the most …
This Day In Hockey History-May 22, 1999-Wayne Gretzky, The ordinary superstar, by Ken Dryden
When most people go from the small time to the big time, they reject the person they once were. Not Gretzky By Ken Dryden I never played against Wayne Gretzky. He came into the National Hockey League from the World Hockey Association with the Edmonton Oilers the October after I had played my last game …
This Day In Hockey History-May 19, 2001-The Second Dynasty
It’s been 25 years since Canadiens changed the face of hockey with Cup victory over Flyers The defining moment 25 years ago was an explosion of body on wood, when Canadiens defenceman Larry Robinson nearly drove Philadelphia Flyers forward Gary Dornhoefer clear through the unforgiving boards of the Forum. In his book The Game, former …
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This Day In Hockey History-May 4, 2009-The stops that last a lifetime
by Dave Stubbs, The Ottawa Citizen Jim Pappin probably still sees it in his nightmares, a certain goal that wasn’t against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 of the 1971 Stanley Cup final. The Canadiens were leading Chicago 3-2 with about four minutes to play, the hometown Blackhawks frantically swarming their visitors’ net. Chicago defenceman …
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This Day In Hockey History-April 29, 1974-Now Its WHA’s Turn To Tackle Russians
TORONTO (CP) – There may be no National Hockey League players on the roster when Team Canada ’74 engages the Soviet Union’s national team in a six-game series in September. But two former NHL greats — Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull — will head the Canadian team of World Hockey Association players. Announcement of the …
This Day In Hockey History-April 29, 1977-Ken Dryden: Lawful Goalie
WESSELY HICKS National Editor, TV Times On May 18.1971. a steamy, heat-choking night in Chicago, the Montreal Canadians beat the Chicago Black Hawks and won the Stanley Cup. They had captured hockey’s most coveted trophy with a six-foot-four-inch, 210-pound novice goalie who wore contact lenses and was a law student at McGill University in Montreal. …
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This Day In Hockey History -March 14, 1971-Ken Dryden Makes NHL Debut
Legendary Montreal goaltender Ken Dryden made his NHL debut as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Penguins 5-1 at Pittsburgh. By BILL HEUFELDER Ken Dryden is a goaltending law student with the Montreal Canadiens. Now in his second year at Montreal’s McGill University, he would be qualified to answer an elementary question that is bugging the …
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