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...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Who Is This Esposito Guy?
December 23rd, 2014 The latest list of National Hockey League leading scorers is a most interesting missive released by the league office. At first glance, the top dogs in the race for the Art Ross Trophy. awarded to the NHL player who accumulates the most points in the season, looks completely in order. Three Hawks on top Bobby Hull of the Chicago...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Habs Acquire Dick Duff
December 22nd, 2014 Montreal Canadiens general manager Sam Pollock, in his first year on the job and faced with the prospect of being without left winger Gilles Tremblay for the rest of the 1964-65 season, acted swiftly and decisively yesterday to short up his club's forward unit. Bill Hicke goes to the Rangers Pollock has acquired former Toronto left...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Hawks Win 7th Straight
December 21st, 2014 The Chicago Black Hawks, once again led by scoring machine Bobby Hull, won their seventh straight game in one of three played in the National Hockey League last night. The Hawks edged the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Boston, visiting Montreal did the same to New York Rangers while Toronto dropped a 3-1 decision in Detroit to the Red...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Leafs, Hawks Both Win 6-3
December 20th, 2014 There were two games scheduled in the National Hockey League last evening, with both ending up with 6-3 scores. However, the home team came out on the long end in only one of those contests. Toronto doubled the count on the New York Rangers at home, while in Montreal the Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Canadiens. Bower wins first...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Russians to Play Pros? Not Likely
December 19th, 2014 As the Russian National Hockey Team cuts a swath through Canadian opposition like a hot knife through butter, the constant question asked by everyone is "How good are these guys and when will we see them against a real professional team?" The answer in a perfect world seems simple: Line 'em up against the Leafs and we'll see how...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - A Bad Break for Gilles Tremblay
December 18th, 2014 A busy news day with lots going on in the hockey world. Montreal and Toronto tied 2-2 last night at the Forum in Montreal as a key member of the Habs went down with a major injury. Meanwhile, Bruins shocked the Red Wings 5-3 to snap a 6-game losing skid. And the Russians shocked no one (especially Stafford Smythe) by blasting...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - 22 Goals in Two NHL Games
December 17th, 2014 The National Hockey League swung back into action with two games last night and fans certainly got their fill of goal-scoring. In Chicago, the Black Hawks came out on the long end of a wide-open score-fest with a 7-5 win over the Boston Bruins. Meanwhile, the Detroit Red Wings waltzed into Madison Square Garden in New York and pounded...
