Posts About "Glenn Hall"
THW's Goalie News: Hall's Historic Streak and the Lonely Island
November 7th, 2019 There aren't many goalie performances to dissect from Wednesday night, but it is a historic day for hall of famer Glenn Hall. Also, we'll dissect one of the strangest goals you'll ever see, and check in on the two teams in Sweden. Wednesday Wrap-Up Wednesday was a light night of NHL action with just two games. Henrik Lundqvist...
Top 3 All-Time Chicago Blackhawks Goalies
October 27th, 2019 The Chicago Blackhawks are one of the NHL's "Original Six" teams. As such, Chicago has gone through many goalies in the history of the franchise — some memorable, and some not so memorable. For this list, the focus will be not just on the most memorable, but the absolute best. The cream of the crop. When looking at the goalies of a...
Hockey Goalies - A Breed Apart
October 24th, 2019 The great Jacques Plante summed it up this way, “Imagine sitting at your desk. You make a mistake. A red light goes on behind you, a siren starts sounding and 18,000 people are yelling at you. That's what it's like to be a goaltender.” MONTREAL, CANADA - CIRCA 1972: Jacques Plante poses for a photo with Vladislav Tretiak of the...
The Strangest Superstitions in NHL History
October 4th, 2019 As professional athletes, NHL hockey players will do whatever it takes to be successful on the ice. On top of their on and off ice training and preparation, many players throughout NHL history have adopted strange, often disturbing superstitions in order to ensure their on-ice success. Oddly enough, some of the best players to...
NHL's 10 Most Impressive Streaks
August 2nd, 2019 Numbers, stats, and figures are an integral part of the hockey viewing experience. The game is rife with scoring slumps, hot streaks, losing skids, and dynastic stretches of winning. The thing is, not all streaks are created equal. Sometimes remarkable individual accolades take center stage as one particular player lights the league...
The Best of 'Mr. Goalie' Glenn Hall
January 27th, 2019 In honour of Glenn Hall's incredible accomplishments, we have pulled this beauty from the THW Archives, written by former THW contributor Mike Moore and originally published Oct. 23, 2010. It seems like every season, a new hockey trivia book hits the shelves. Hockey fans love hockey trivia. “Puck-Saving Trivia”,...
