Too Good for Television: Great Commentary’s Move to Radio Ben Wagner | September 27, 2020 “Good evening Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland!” If you listened to the early days of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), those words were more than…
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: Vancouver Makes Its Pitch Rick Cole | February 9, 2016 Foster Hewitt’s eloquent voice was heard in New York City yesterday as he and Cyrus McLean presented on behalf of the group seeking a National Hockey League expansion franchise for…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Foster Hewitt – NHL Team Owner? Rick Cole | October 30, 2015 “Hello Canada and hockey fans in the United States…” That melodious greeting from Canada’s original and most famous hockey broadcaster has signalled the beginning of Foster Hewitt’s radio accounts of…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Leafs, Hawks Scoreless Rick Cole | January 14, 2015 There was one game scheduled in the National Hockey League last night, and it did not produce even one goal. The Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the Chicago Black Hawks in…
Not Your Typical HHOF Inductee Aryssah Stankevitsch | November 13, 2012 Monday night we celebrated the brilliant careers of Bure, Oates, Sakic and Sundin, all contributing skills, leadership, and excitement to the game over their legendary careers. Five stars, for the…
Hockey’s Dynamic Voices: Gary Thorne Ross Bonander | June 13, 2012 Gary Thorne, a great baritone voice that barely hid a New England background, for me and the millions that watched the NHL on ESPN in the 1990s, Thorne is synonymous…
The Angst of Maple Leaf Gardens Mark Ascione | November 29, 2011 Change is, as most folks will tell you, inevitable. Frankly, the NHL is loaded with change, be it franchises moving cities or introducing new uniforms, changing styles in play, and of…
