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50 Years Ago in Hockey: Vancouver Makes Its Pitch 

Rick Cole | February 9, 2016

Foster Hewitt’s eloquent voice was heard in New York City yesterday as he and Cyrus McLean presented on behalf of the group seeking a National Hockey League expansion franchise for…

50 Years Ago in Hockey: Buffalo, Baltimore, ‘Frisco Impress Brass

Rick Cole | February 8, 2016

On the first day of the National Hockey League’s expansion meetings in New York, the governors heard a full spectrum of presentations. Among the cities with whom the board was…

50 Years Ago in Hockey: NHL to Screen Expansion Hopefuls

Rick Cole | February 1, 2016

The month of February will be an historic one for the National Hockey League. Next week in New York City the league’s board of governors will examine in detail the…

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50 Years Ago in Hockey: NHL Approves St. Louis, Los Angeles

Rick Cole | June 28, 2015

The National Hockey League revealed the details of its planned expansion yesterday, and approved two cities as locations for new teams. Los Angeles and St. Louis were designated by the…

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Leafs vs Habs: War of Words

Rick Cole | April 3, 2015

As the Stanley Cup playoffs resume tonight in Montreal and Detroit, one series has already degenerated into a war of words. Everybody has something to say In the Montreal-Toronto series,…

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Russians to Play Pros? Not Likely

Rick Cole | December 19, 2014

As the Russian National Hockey Team cuts a swath through Canadian opposition like a hot knife through butter, the constant question asked by everyone is “How good are these guys…

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Oshawa Generals Open New Rink

Rick Cole | December 16, 2014

Generals open new rink The Oshawa General opened the new Oshawa Civic Arena last night before 4,100 enthusiastic fans with a come from behind 6-4 win over the St. Catharines Black…

50 Years Ago in Hockey – Smythe Sours on Vancouver

Rick Cole | December 5, 2014

It would appear that Toronto Maple Leafs president Stafford Smythe has soured on the idea of building a 20,000 seat coliseum in downtown Vancouver. Council attaches restrictions Smythe said yesterday that…

1964 traded players

Welcome to 1964 Part II (The Rest of the Summer)

Rick Cole | September 16, 2014

  Last time, we outlined the 1964 off-season’s first month and all of the goings-on in hockey during May. We’ll continue on here with what took place over the rest of…

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