Posts About "1967 NHL Expansion"
The Worst Teams In Stanley Cup Playoff History
April 5th, 2020 This article was originally written in January, 2015. If you've been following the 2015 NFL Playoffs, you already know the NFC South champion Carolina Panthers are moving on to the Divisional round. A team that finished the regular season at 7-8-1, which advanced by virtue of defeating an Arizona Cardinals team with a third string...
NHL Expansion Teams in Year Two
November 23rd, 2018 The Vegas Golden Knights defied the odds in their first NHL season. From winning the Pacific Division crown to representing the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Final, the league's newest expansion franchise sent the hockey world into a tailspin. Vegas' first season was record-setting in many ways, and the excitement surrounding...
Green to Black: Stars Graphic History, 1967-93
August 9th, 2017 Hockey fans know that North Stars owner Norm Green earned his infamy by moving the franchise from puck-loving Minnesota to Texas, where high school football draws more interest than the NHL. Fewer know that Green had already flipped the team’s cherished “N” logo over the glass and out of play even before the club...
Blues Still Hunting for a Cup at 50
January 19th, 2017 It’s been 50 years since the National Hockey League had only six teams. The years from 1942 to 1967 is known as the Original Six Era — the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detriot Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs were the only teams in the NHL. The NHL added the ‘Second Six’ to...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: NHL’s 50th Season Starts Tonight!
October 19th, 2016 Hello everyone and welcome back to 50 Years Ago in Hockey. As we have for the past two hockey seasons, we’ll once again we’ll be providing a look back at hockey news from 50 years ago. This season we’ll be adding some historical context to the stories – supplying a bit of an explanation to events that, while they might have...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Seals To Apply for OHA Franchise
March 23rd, 2016 The expansion California Seals will apply to the Ontario Hockey Association to establish a Junior A developmental team in Guelph, Ontario. Norman (Bud) Poile, manager of the new team, made that announcement yesterday. The Seals are one of six expansion franchises awarded by the National Hockey League in February. The Seals presently...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Expansion a Bonanza for Talented Farmhands
February 20th, 2016 The announced expansion of the National Hockey League from six to twelve teams for the 1967-68 season will have far-reaching effects for many in the hockey world. Not the least of these effects will be how the dozens of talented players not on NHL rosters now will be employed after next season. No Superstars for New Clubs There has...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: NHL Expansion – Good, Bad and Ugly
February 12th, 2016 When the National Hockey League board of governors approved six new franchises to start play in the 1967-68, the reaction across North America was swift, passionate and often unfavourable. In fact, except the centres that were awarded teams, the process by which the league expanded was generally panned. Reactions in the cities...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: NHL Doubles in Size – Six New Teams
February 9th, 2016 The National Hockey League made history today with the announcement of the addition of six new franchises to being play in the 1967-68 season. The news was cause for joy in some quarters and bitter frustration and resentment in others. The league announced that it will add six cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis-St. Paul,...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Habs, Leafs Win Close Ones
October 28th, 2015 Close games were the order of the day yesterday in the National Hockey League. Both scheduled games resulted in one-goal victories. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Rangers 4-3 for the second game in a row, this time at the Forum in Montreal. The Toronto Maple Leafs finally scored a goal, actually two of them. That was enough...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 65-66 Preview – Detroit Red Wings
October 20th, 2015 Despite their first-place finish atop the National Hockey League standings in the 1964-65 season, most observers who pay close attention to the goings-on in the NHL don’t believe the Detroit Red Wings have the stuff to repeat that performance this season. Wings’ general manager-coach Sid Abel is optimistic, but even he agrees that...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Bob Baun to Rangers?
October 14th, 2015 Whispers out of New York and Toronto over the past two days have the Maple Leafs and Rangers discussing a possible trade that would send disgruntled Toronto defenseman Bobby Baun to the New York Rangers. While several versions of the supposed transaction have been floating around, the consensus seems to have Toronto shipping Baun and...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: B.C. Premier Backs NHL Bid
October 2nd, 2015 While yesterday was not a headline-grabbing sort of day around the hockey world, there was no shortage of news and notes emanating from NHL training camps. Among the more interesting stories was a statement by the Premier of British Columbia expressing his support for the groups bidding for a NHL expansion franchise. Also, the Canadian...
