The NHL is heading into four more American cities by the year 2000 and civic leaders and citizens in Nashville, Tenn., St. Paul, Minn., Columbus, Ohio, and Atlanta couldn’t be happier. “It’s good to see hockey coming back,” said Dan Bouchard, a goalie for the Atlanta Flames when they played there from 1972-80. “I always …
This Day In Hockey History-June 13, 2000-Claude Lemieux, Rick Tocchet, Mark Messier Left Unprotected, Don’t Expect Wild, Blue Jackets to Bite
Doug MacLean chose a doughnut shop in Edmunston, N.B., in the middle of the night to pour over lists of players to be made available in the NHL expansion draft next week to his new Columbus, Ohio, team. “I was driving my family back to the cottage in Prince Edward Island and we’d stopped but …
This Day In Hockey History-June 11, 1991-San Jose Sharks not typical NHL expansion team
BURLINGAME, Calif. – The quicker the San Jose Sharks forget their label as the NHL’s newest team, the better. “We have to keep the words ‘expansion team’ out of our vocabulary,” Brian Mullen said Tuesday at the first media gathering of San Jose players. “And we won’t be able to use it as an excuse …
This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 1970-White Skates For California Seals?
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -The National Hockey League Board of Governors is all that stands between the Oakland Seals and a supply of white hockey skates. The board must consider the proposed sale of the Seals to Charles O. Finley, the flamboyant owner of baseball’s Oakland A’s, whose request to purchase the hockey club was approved …
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This Day In Hockey History-June 9, 1974-NHL to Stock 2 New Franchises With Expansion Draft
MONTREAL (AP) — The National Hockey League gathers here this week for its annual summer meetings with the main order of business being the stocking of the new Kansas City and Washington franchises. Both teams are scheduled to begin play this fall and each will select 22 players and two goaltenders in the NHL expansion …
This Day In Hockey History-June 7, 1972-New York Islanders, Atlanta Flames fill (own) nets in NHL Expansion draft
Bep Guidotin made the observation yesterday after watching the two new NHL teams, Atlanta Flames and New York Islanders, choose as their first skaters two immortals from the Canadiens’ farm system, Kerry Ketter and Bart Crashley. Passing over the likes of Teddy Green and Bryan Campbell and Dale Hoganson and Chuck Lefley and Bob Murdoch, …
This Day In Hockey History-June 6, 1997-St Paul Minnesota is likely to get NHL team
Unless something unexpected develops, St. Paul will be awarded an NHL expansion franchise on June 24 when the NHL Board of Directors meets in New York to vote on the recommendations of the NHL expansion committee. The NHL will name four expansion franchises at that meeting — two to begin operation in the 1998-1999 season …
This Day In Hockey History-June 5, 1997-Atlanta arena approval opens door for NHL expansion franchise
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta, which lost the Flames to Calgary in 1980, moved closer to regaining an NHL expansion team Wednesday when a deal for a $213-million arena cleared its final governmental hurdle. Turner Broadcasting System executives were jubilant after the Fulton County Commission approved plans calling for the new arena to be built on …
This Day In Hockey History-June 3, 2018-A Knights Tale for Dreaming – Vegas Golden Knights
Upstarts from Vegas have given the NHL a great gift — the idea that anything is possible The world of sports allows itself to believe theirs is a well-ordered universe — a place which, over the long haul, rewards meticulous planning and informed, disciplined decision-making. There are no short cuts in this world. For the …
This Day In Hockey History-June 3, 1972-NHL expansion main topic
Next week’s annual meeting of the National Hockey League’s board of governors could turn out to be one of the biggest and most important in the 55-year history of the league. That was the opinion expressed by league president Clarence Campbell late Friday as he prepared for the Monday-to-Thursday gathering. This year, in addition to …
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