Today in Hockey History: Sept. 4 Matthew Zator | September 4, 2025 Yesterday in Hockey History: Sept. 3 Tomorrow in Hockey History: Sept. 5 The Montreal Canadiens have made a bevy of moves on this date through the years. Also, the NHL…
How Sabres’ Legend Taro Tsujimoto Came to Be Jeff Seide | June 15, 2021 Born Nov. 16, 1954 in Osaka, Japan, Taro Tsujimoto was a pint-sized forward at 5-foot-8, 180 pounds. His diminutive size didn’t stop him from putting up 15 goals and 25…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Campbell – No OT for NHL Rick Cole | November 5, 2016 Every year about this time fans and pundits begin their annual assessments of what’s wrong with hockey’s major league. This season, as has been the case often in recent times, the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: A Coast-to-Coast NHL Rick Cole | February 10, 2016 The National Hockey League’s historic announcement yesterday to add six new franchises was met with wild enthusiasm (well, not really) by the new cities and bitter resentment in those centres…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: NHL to Screen Expansion Hopefuls Rick Cole | February 1, 2016 The month of February will be an historic one for the National Hockey League. Next week in New York City the league’s board of governors will examine in detail the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Campbell – Francis Caused Riot Rick Cole | November 23, 2015 National Hockey League president Clarence Campbell is upset with several players on the New York Rangers and especially general manager Emile Francis. Campbell says that Francis was solely responsible for…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Vancouver Edges Closer to NHL Team Rick Cole | August 27, 2015 Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson has given a huge boost to the city of Vancouver’s hopes of obtaining a National Hockey League franchise. Mr. Pearson announced that he has pledged…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: NHL Approves St. Louis, Los Angeles Rick Cole | June 28, 2015 The National Hockey League revealed the details of its planned expansion yesterday, and approved two cities as locations for new teams. Los Angeles and St. Louis were designated by the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Busy Agenda for NHL Execs Rick Cole | June 2, 2015 The National Hockey League’s annual summer meetings take place this week in Montreal. Executives from all six teams have a busy schedule ahead, with much work to be done on…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Thousands Cheer Habs Rick Cole | May 5, 2015 Thousands of hockey fans lined the streets of Montreal to cheer their beloved Montreal Canadiens yesterday at the Stanley Cup victory parade. On a picture-perfect sunny May morning, the Canadiens…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Leafs vs Habs: War of Words Rick Cole | April 3, 2015 As the Stanley Cup playoffs resume tonight in Montreal and Detroit, one series has already degenerated into a war of words. Everybody has something to say In the Montreal-Toronto series,…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – NHL Plans Expansion Rick Cole | March 12, 2015 A new six-team division The National Hockey League board of governors made a startling announcement yesterday that will re-shape the face of professional hockey in North American. In fact, the…