Posts About "Gary Smith"
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Rookie Goalie Stymies Hawks
February 24th, 2016 Toronto Maple Leafs edged the first-place Chicago Black Hawks 3-2 last night thanks mainly to the heroics of an unheralded rookie goalie. But it wasn’t the goalie most expected it would be who did the job. Young Al Smith, up from the Toronto Marlboros Junior A team was the unexpected hero. The Toronto-Chicago contest was one of...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Suitcase Smith Just Wants to Settle Down
October 4th, 2015 He’s just 21 years old and he’s already seen more of North America than most young men his age. No, he’s not a traveling salesman, nor is he a wandering ne’er-do-well, subject of so many country songs, traveling the highways of America with his dog in his pickup truck, looking for a lost love. He’s Gary (Suitcase) Smith,...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 65-66 Goalie Preview: Maple Leafs
July 25th, 2015 If there is one National Hockey League team whose goaltending tandem for 1965-66 is etched in stone, it's the Toronto Maple Leafs. At least that is the case after the NHL's June meetings, but leading up to the league's annual conclave, there was heavy speculation that Toronto would shed one of its two veteran goalkeepers. Most every...
