Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks is the 1964-65 winner of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, the National Hockey League announced today. Hull won the award, presented to the player “adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability during the season”, with …
This Day In Hockey History-June 2, 2013-Former Hab Stephane Richer shares his pain
Stephane Richer spent years battling depression Stephane Richer won two Stanley Cups — one in Montreal and another in New Jersey — and remains the last Canadien to score 50 goals in a season, reaching that plateau during the 1987-88 season. He played in 1,054 National Hockey League games, scored 421 goals (including a second …
This Day In Hockey History-June 1, 1974-WHA Amateur Draft- Vancouver Blazers sign top two draft picks
TORONTO (CP) — Pat Price says he will follow the tradition of many other rich young hockey players and buy a sleek sports car. Price, a 19-year-old defenceman from Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League, was the first choice Friday in the World Hockey Association amateur draft. He then signed with Vancouver Blazers …
This Day In Hockey History-May 30, 1972-Hull would be good for WHA
HAMILTON (CP) – If Bobby Hull signs a World Hockey Association contract with Winnipeg Jets it will be much more than a straight player contract, says Doug Michel, owner of the Ottawa Nations franchise in the fledgling WHA. He told the annual convention of the Ontario Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association here Sunday the high-scoring left …
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This Day In Hockey History-May 30, 1972-Ottawa Nationals need working capital
OTTAWA (CP) – Ottawa Nationals of the World Hockey Association are considering looking to the United States for financing. Although the club already has five or six Canadian shareholders, owner Doug Michel Monday said the club has been required to tie so much money up in guarantees it is running out of working capital. And. …
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This Day In Hockey History-May 29, 2005-‘The Next One’: Sidney Crosby, 17, Touted as Next Gretzky
LONDON, Ontario — The prediction seemed preposterous at the time: A kid named Sidney Crosby had the potential to one day challenge Wayne Gretzky’s records. What gave the words weight was their source: Gretzky himself. Two years later, little has changed in the opinion of “The Great One,” still enamored of Crosby, the 17-year-old prodigy …
This Day In Hockey History -February 8
HOCKEY Determined Efforts to Naturalise The Game in Canada. THE MONTREAL HOCKEY CLUBS. Montreal Star, Feb. 8, 1884 The Montreal Star (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) his fine old-fashioned Winter game has not had much support from the youth of the cities in Canada until within the past few years. This can only be accounted for on …
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This Day In Hockey History-June 24, 2001-Kovalchuk first Russian No. 1 Overall, Senators trade Yashin and select Spezza No. 2
SUNRISE, Fla. – Ilya Kovalchuk intends to play immediately for the Atlanta Thrashers, who made the muscular and showboating winger the first Russian ever to go No. 1 in the annual draft. “I will do the best I can to make this team a lot better and a lot stronger,” the 6-foot-2 Kovalchuk said through …