Posts About "Ken Dryden"
Ken Dryden's 'The Game', 30th Anniversary Edition
November 25th, 2013 The Game: 30th Anniversary Edition, by Ken Dryden. (2013, Chicago: Triumph Books. Trade Paper. Pp. 320. $19.95. ISBN: 9781600789618) If you pick up the 30th anniversary edition of Ken Dryden's classic hockey book The Game, across the top of the cover you'll see an endorsement by The Quill and Quire indicating that the book you're...
The Last Original Six Stanley Cup Finals
June 11th, 2013 This year’s Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins marks the first time two Original Six teams are facing off against each other in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1979. That year saw the defending cup champs Montreal Canadiens defeat the New York Rangers in five games for their fourth Stanley Cup in a...
2012 NHL Lockout: Bettman Disappointed Beyond Belief
December 7th, 2012 When the NHL owners and players emerged from their meetings Tuesday night there was a sense that some real, productive progress was made in somehow getting a new CBA signed, sealed and delivered. After some shaky meetings Wednesday night, the NHLPA presented the NHL with a new proposal Thursday, which of course the NHL rejected....
Exploring the CBC's Digital Archives
July 6th, 2012 Is the looming labor dispute making you jaded? Free agency getting you down? Lose an hour or two this off-season in the CBC Digital Archives for Hockey. Lots of great audio and video clips recounting hockey's past from several different angles, with plenty of gems to uncover. A few samples: "I have always given my utmost ..." 1960:...
Book Review: Maurice Richard
January 7th, 2012 Maurice Richard: The Most Amazing Hockey Player Ever. By Chris Robinson. (2011, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 128. $9.95. ISBN 978-1-55277-900-2.) “Don’t let anyone say that it’s just a game…” Eddie Vedder wrote those lyrics a few years ago for the song “All the Way,” his ode to being...
The Red Army vs Montreal
December 29th, 2011 By Avry Lewis-McDougall In a few days one of the most historic games in NHL and hockey history hits its birthday again on New Year's Eve. On December 31st we relive the historic Soviet Red Army vs Montreal Canadiens match up that ended 3-3 and has been called one the greatest game ever played. Watching it on the CBC who usually...
Odd streak to end with Luongo?
June 13th, 2011 Roberto Luongo came within one win of being the first #1 goaltender since 1976 to win a Stanley Cup while also wearing the number 1 on his back. Here's the article that was written when the Vancouver Canucks were up on the Boston Bruins, three games to two. Since then we've kept the jersey numbers of Stanley Cup winning goalies...Calder Trophy Winners, Videos and Stories
The Calder Trophy is a National Hockey League award given to the player deemed most proficient in his first year of play in the NHL. Typically called Rookie of the Year, the award is voted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (The Hockey Writers website has no affiliation with the PHWA). The Trophy was first...
