50 Years Ago in Hockey – Wings, Crozier Rebound to Best Habs Rick Cole | December 7, 2014 After surrendering ten goals to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, the Detroit Red Wings and rookie goalkeeper Roger Crozier rebounded in excellent fashion at home to defeat the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Leafs Score 10 on Wings Rick Cole | December 6, 2014 In one of the most lopsided games in recent years, the Toronto Maple Leafs trounced the first-place Detroit Red Wings by a score of 10-2 at Maple Leaf Gardens in…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Bob Baun, One Tough Hombre Rick Cole | November 24, 2014 A quiet news day in hockey gives us a chance to have a look at one of hockey’s toughest men – Bob Baun, the hard-hitting defenceman of the Toronto Maple…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Hawks Hammer Habs Rick Cole | November 23, 2014 Eric Nesterenko was the unlikely scoring hero as he led the Chicago Black Hawks to a lopsided 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in one of three National Hockey League…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Pulford’s Pair Leads Leafs Rick Cole | November 19, 2014 The Toronto Maple Leafs reclaimed third place in the National Hockey League standings last night as they downed the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. In the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Red-hot Red Wings Whip Rangers Rick Cole | November 16, 2014 A busy Sunday evening in the NHL as a full slate of three games was played. The Detroit Red Wings maintained their hold on first place with a 6-2 pasting of…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Hawks Edge Rangers to End Streak Rick Cole | November 4, 2014 In the only National Hockey League game on tap last night, the Chicago Black Hawks ended their 3-game losing skein with a narrow 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers.…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Rookie Goaler Rocks the ‘Gahden’ Rick Cole | October 26, 2014 Rookie goaltender Roger Crozier of the Detroit Red Wings continued his stellar freshman season in the National Hockey League last night as he blanked the Boston Bruins 4-0 right in…
1964-65 Preview – the Chicago Black Hawks Rick Cole | October 4, 2014 In our second installment of team-by-team previews we take a look at the Chicago Black Hawks – a team with the potential to be an NHL powerhouse. It was only…
October 1, 1964 – Last Night’s Results and News Rick Cole | October 1, 2014 Another night of NHL exhibition games across North America with four matches taking place. In the one NHL-only game, the Bruins routed the Rangers 6-2. In the other contests, Toronto stung Seattle…
Welcome to 1964! Rick Cole | September 15, 2014 Welcome to 1964 and the “As it Happens – 50 Years Ago Today in Hockey!” Blog. Our aim here is to provide news as it would have been reported as…
Former Hurricane O’Neill Ironically Rips Winnipeg Jets Hockey Market Josh Kay | January 6, 2014 In between periods of the Buffalo Sabres & Winnipeg Jets game Tuesday evening, TSN analyst Jeff O’Neill stated: “Nobody wants to stay there, nobody wants to sign there“. The comments made by O’Neill, were…