Posts About "1964"
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Hawks, Wings Tie One On for New Year's Eve
January 1st, 2015 As the year 1964 left us forever, the National Hockey League scheduled one game last night to say good-bye. In the lone New Year's Eve contest, played in Detroit, the Red Wings and the Chicago Black Hawks skated to a 1-1 tie. DeJordy dominates for Hawks At Detroit, it was the Denis DeJordy show as the Chicago goaltender put on a...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Habs Come From Behind to Best Leafs
December 31st, 2014 Although the Toronto Maple Leafs are Stanley Cup champions, they ended 1964 on a losing note in the worst way, blowing a lead and dropping a 4-3 home-ice decision to the Montreal Canadiens. Leafs led 2-0 Toronto started well and jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Red Kelly and Dave Keon. The margin might have been...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Hawks Hammer Rangers
December 30th, 2014 The Chicago Black Hawks have now gone 11 straight games without losing as they doubled the New York Rangers 4-2 last night at Madison Square Garden in New York. As is so often the case this season, Bobby Hull was once again the big gun for Chicago. The Golden Jet scored his 30th and 31st goals of the season as the Black Hawks...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Hawks Flying High
December 28th, 2014 After a short holiday hiatus, we're back to report action in the National Hockey League over the past couple of days. Two matches were played last night, with Chicago bombing Boston 6-2 before over 16,500 at home, while Detroit downed New York 3-1. There were three Boxing Day games. Montreal took advantage of a rookie goaltender...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Two Christmas Ties and a Shutout
December 26th, 2014 Four NHL coaches received ties for Christmas last night as a full slate of three Yuletide games was played. Montreal and Detroit battled to a 2-2 draw in Detroit, while Toronto traveled to Chicago and skated to a 3-3 stalemate with the Black Hawks. In the only game to actually reach a decision, the Rangers blanked the Bruins in...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Habs Win, Beliveau Hurt
December 24th, 2014 In the only National Hockey League game played last night the Montreal Canadiens hosted the New York Rangers and blanked the Broadway Blueshirts 2-0 before a pre-Christmas throng of over 13,000. The win, however valuable in the standings, may prove to be a costly one, as big centre Jean Beliveau left the game only three minutes in with...
