Posts About "Original Six"
Book Review: Hamilton's Hockey Tigers
Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers. By Sam Wesley with David Wesley. (2005, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 96. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-55028-887-2.) Published during the last NHL lockout, who knew one short statement in a book about a team that left Canada in 1925 would twice ring true in the span of almost a...
NHL Expansion Celebrates 45th Anniversary
June 6th, 2012 With the demise of the Brooklyn Americans in 1942, the National Hockey League finally had an identity of its own – the so-called ‘Original Six’. It was a time of development and prosperity for a league that had little consistency in its first quarter-century. Passionate rivalries, along with rule changes such as the addition of...Blackhawks vs Red Wings: a Central rivalry renewed
It's startling to realize that the Blackhawks and Red Wings haven't faced each other since that fateful Sunday last April: how far both teams have come in nearly nine months. Although the Blackhawks won the 2010-2011 series with the Red Wings 4-2, it was the two particular games they lost at home against Detroit that stung the most....
The Morning After: Bruins out-muscle, but can't outplay Canadiens
October 28th, 2011 Less than 24 hours ago, the Montreal Canadiens were battling the Philadelphia Flyers away from the friendly confines of the Bell Centre, trying to snap their six-game winless streak. They did, of course, win big by a score of 5-1. Naturally, it was expected that the Habs would seem fatigued and come into Boston at a disadvantage. That...
The Morning After: Bruins return to form, crush streaking Maple Leafs
October 21st, 2011 For now, all seems right with the Boston Bruins. The components that were deemed missing and the efforts that were lacking when the team started the season all showed up at once on Thursday night when the Bruins beat the red-hot Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-2. The game was all Boston, really. The team showed a full-60 minute effort, had...
From Abdelkader to Zuccarello - 18 October 2011
October 18th, 2011 It would take eight seconds, yes eight seconds after the puck drop before the Jets would take the lead as Kyle Wellwood would score his second goal of the season as he went backhand on Marc-Andre Fleury.
