Posts About "Cesare Maniago"
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Hodge Leads Hawks Past Rangers
November 9th, 2016 Young right winger Ken Hodge scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Chicago Black Hawks to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers in the only National Hockey League game last night. Hodge wasn’t around for the end of the game, however. He and New York’s Reggie Fleming squared off in a rousing fist fight with less than five...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: FINALLY! Bobby Breaks the Record!!
March 13th, 2016 Finally, four games after he had tied the record he shared for most goals in a single National Hockey League season, Bobby Hull has the mark all to himself. The blonde superstar, the man they call the Golden Jet, set the standard last night in Chicago. He scored at 5:34 of the third period in the Black Hawks’ game against the New York...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Another Whitewash for Gamble
March 10th, 2016 Bruce Gamble, the portly reserve goaltender called up as an emergency fill-in continues to be a revelation for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Last night, his acrobatics and a single goal by Frank Mahovlich were all that the Maple Leafs needed to down the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 at Maple Leaf Gardens. In the other two games, New York edged...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Leafs Hammer Rangers; Maniago Hurt
January 20th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Rangers 6-2 last night at Maple Leaf Gardens in what was possibly a very costly loss for the Broadway Blueshirts. The Rangers lost goaltender Cesare Maniago when he left the game in the second period with what was originally feared to be broken ribs. Broken Ribs Feared Maniago was taken...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Dissension in Beantown?
January 5th, 2016 With the Boston Bruins enduring yet another losing season with a last-place finish almost certainly assured, it seems that management and players are now at odds. Things are going from bad to worse and there is no end in sight to what is rapidly becoming a downward spiral towards oblivion. Coach Sends Players to Hotel The Toronto...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 65-66 Goalie Preview: NY Rangers
July 24th, 2015 The New York Rangers thought they had solidified their goaltending for the foreseeable future in June of 1963 when they acquired Jacques Plante from the Montreal Canadiens in a blockbuster trade. As it turned out, Plante had a nondescript first season with the Rangers in 1963-64 and things went steadily down hill from there. Last season,...
