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Gump Worsley

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Les Canadiens Sont La!

Rick Cole | May 2, 2015

The Montreal Canadiens scored early and often to decide the issue quickly last night as the they  captured the Stanley Cup for the 13th time with a 4-0 win over the Chicago…

Categories Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Gimpy Gump Out for Series?

Rick Cole | April 27, 2015

It appears that Montreal Canadiens goalkeeper Gump Worsley may miss the rest of the Stanley Cup final with a leg injury.  Worsley suffered a torn thigh muscle during the warmup…

Categories Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Is Gump in Hot Water?

Rick Cole | April 24, 2015

Montreal Canadiens goalkeeper Gump Worsley may be in trouble with the league after an expletive-filled tirade against referee John Ashley during the third game of the Stanley Cup final series…

Categories Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Habs Take the Fifth

Rick Cole | April 11, 2015

The Montreal Canadiens won a game they should have lost in downing the Toronto Maple Leafs in the pivotal fifth game of their Stanley Cup semi-final series last night in…

Categories Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Bruins Happy With Emms

Rick Cole | April 6, 2015

The Boston Bruins picked an off day in the Stanley Cup playoffs to announce their new management structure.  The announcement was made by president Weston Adams, who led off with…

Categories Boston Bruins, Hockey History

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Provost Ties Up Leafs

Rick Cole | March 5, 2015

A fluke goal by right-wing Claude Provost with less than eight minutes to play pulled the Montreal Canadiens into a 2-2 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs last night at…

Categories Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens

Best #1-10 in Dallas Stars Franchise History

Ed Sarno | January 31, 2015

The Stars will wrap-up their road trip (1-1) in Winnipeg tonight.  They remain 4 points behind Calgary for the last wild card spot. Before we kick off the dog days…

Categories Dallas Stars

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Habs Rout Rangers

Rick Cole | January 31, 2015

The hometown Montreal Canadiens rode the goaltending of Gump Worsley to a convincing 5-1 win over the New York Rangers in one of three National Hockey League games played last night. Toronto…

Categories Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Catching Up

Rick Cole | January 19, 2015

With a particularly virulent strain of the flu bug taking up residence for the past few days in our home base at Port Colborne, Ontario, our daily time-travel exercises have…

Categories Hockey History, Toronto Maple Leafs

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Russians Edge Junior Habs

Rick Cole | December 12, 2014

The Russian National Hockey Team finally got its wish of playing against professionals last night, albeit it was the Montreal Junior A Canadiens, a team augmented by pros from North America’s…

Categories Hockey History, International Hockey

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Russia’s Tarasov Speaks

Rick Cole | December 9, 2014

This week the Russian National Hockey team will begin a Canadian tour in which they will engage a variety of opponents.  The team arrives in Canada tomorrow and will play…

Categories Hockey History, International Hockey

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Gump is Back – Habs Win!

Rick Cole | November 12, 2014

Remembrance Day evening saw a full slate of three NHL games.  Montreal dumped Chicago 4-1, Toronto got past Detroit 3-1 and the Rangers doubled the count on Boston, 4-2. Worsley…

Categories Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens
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