50 Years Ago in Hockey: Bookies Rate Habs 5-2 Favourites Rick Cole | April 23, 2016 The Stanley Cup Final opens tonight in Montreal with the Detroit Red Wings visiting the Montreal Canadiens. The oddsmakers have installed the Habs as five to two favourites to capture…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Playoffs Start Tonight – Who’s Gonna Win? Rick Cole | April 7, 2016 The Stanley Cup Playoffs start on two fronts tonight. The Montreal Canadiens will host the Toronto Maple Leafs while the Detroit Red Wings will journey to Chicago to take on…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Goalies Shine as Hawks, Wings Tie Rick Cole | March 28, 2016 It was a night for the goaltenders to shine at the Olympia in Detroit. The Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks battled to a 1-1 tie in a game dominated…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Red-Hot Red Wings Dump Habs Rick Cole | January 10, 2016 After winning three of their first 15 games of the season, the Detroit Red Wings have been on a tear that continued this weekend with two consecutive wins. Last night,…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Slow-Starting Habs Blank Bruins Rick Cole | January 9, 2016 It took nearly 25 minutes for them to get rolling, but once they did the Montreal Canadiens were nearly unstoppable as they rolled over the lowly Boston Bruins by a…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Leafs Finally Lose, Blanked by Wings Rick Cole | January 3, 2016 The Detroit Red Wings snapped the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 10-game unbeaten streak by shutting out the Toronto club 4-0 last night at the Olympia in Detroit. The game was one…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Wings Win – Henderson Pots Two Rick Cole | December 24, 2015 Paul Henderson scored a pair of goals within 45 seconds of the third period to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers last…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Leafs Snap Habs Unbeaten Streak Rick Cole | December 17, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs won their second game in as many nights as they edged the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 at the Forum in Montreal. The win for Toronto snapped the…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Habs, Wings Battle to Draw Rick Cole | November 1, 2015 The Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings battled to a 2-2 tie in the only National Hockey League game scheduled last night. With the Stanley Cup champions taking only one…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 65-66 Preview – Detroit Red Wings Rick Cole | October 20, 2015 Despite their first-place finish atop the National Hockey League standings in the 1964-65 season, most observers who pay close attention to the goings-on in the NHL don’t believe the Detroit…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: The Coaches – Punch Imlach Rick Cole | September 25, 2015 There is probably no more controversial figure among NHL coaches than Punch Imlach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It seems, that when it comes to the bombastic Toronto coach and…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Training Camp Notes – Crozier a Lightweight Rick Cole | September 19, 2015 News and notes from around National Hockey League training camps. Crozier’s Illness Makes Him a Lightweight Roger Crozier, the slightly built Detroit Red Wings goaltender whose spectacular rookie season…