Posts About "Claude Larose"

1967 NHL Expansion

June 6th, 2019 June 6, 1967. If you are an old-time hockey fan, or a purist, that date is a day of infamy. If you are of the more modern generation, you likely think of it as the day that the Original Six became 12. No matter how you view the date, it is the day on which the National Hockey League changed forever. Like it or not, it was a natural step...

50 Years Ago in Hockey - Duff Haunts Leafs, Hull Nets 37th

January 21st, 2015 Dick Duff, traded away by the Toronto Maple Leafs 11 months ago, came back to haunt his former team last night. Duff scored the winning goal as his newest team, the Montreal Canadiens, slipped by the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 2-1 score at Maple Leaf Gardens. The game was one of two scheduled in the National Hockey League. In the...

50 Years Ago in Hockey - Two Christmas Ties and a Shutout

December 26th, 2014 Four NHL coaches received ties for Christmas last night as a full slate of three Yuletide games was played. Montreal and Detroit battled to a 2-2 draw in Detroit, while Toronto traveled to Chicago and skated to a 3-3 stalemate with the Black Hawks. In the only game to actually reach a decision, the Rangers blanked the Bruins in...