Posts About "Bill Hay"
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Mikita Erupts Against Bruins
December 5th, 2015 Chicago Black Hawks centre Stan Mikita, who had had a relatively quiet season up until now, erupted for three goals as the Hawks pasted the Boston Bruins 10-1 in one of three National Hockey League contests last night. In the other two games, Montreal came back to edge the New York Rangers 4-3 in Montreal and the Maple Leafs dropped a...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Hull-less Hawks Edge Wings
November 24th, 2015 The Chicago Black Hawks scored three goals in the second period and that was enough for them to get by the Detroit Red Wings by a score of 3-2 last night in Detroit. It was the only game on the National Hockey League schedule. No Hull, No Problem The Black Hawks were without the NHL’s leading goal-getter Bobby Hull, but the rest of...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Murray Balfour Succumbs to Cancer
May 31st, 2015 Murray Balfour, best known as the right-winger on the famed Chicago Black Hawks' "Million Dollar Line", passed away yesterday in a Regina, Saskatchewan hospital. He had suffered from lung cancer since part-way through this past season. He had been recuperating at home since undergoing surgery in Harrisburg, PA to correct a...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Hawks Injury List Grows
April 20th, 2015 As the Chicago Black Hawks get ready for the second game of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens tonight, more bad news on the injury front is just what they don't need. Left winger Bill Hay is set to join Pierre Pilote, Elmer Vasko, Eric Nesterenko and Kenny Wharram in the ranks of the walking wounded. While Hay's...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Hawks Make Hay Against Bruins
January 29th, 2015 Bill Hay, the big Western Canadian who used to centre for Bobby Hull, was the big star last night for the Chicago Black Hawks as they decimated the Boston Bruins 6-2 in Boston. The game was the only one scheduled in the National Hockey League. Four-point night for Hay Hay, up until the Hawks got off to a slow start this season, was...
