Posts About "Toe Blake"
50 Years Ago in Hockey: How Will NHL Teams Fare in 50th Season?
October 20th, 2016 As promised yesterday, here is our preview of the National Hockey League teams for 1966-67. As the National Hockey League embarks on its 50th season we surveyed a number of observers to provide our readers an idea of what to look for as this historic season unfolds. The impending expansion draft next summer has general managers...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Habs Win Stanley Cup in OT
May 6th, 2016 A controversial goal by Henri Richard in overtime gave the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings and the 1966 Stanley Cup. Richard bunted a puck past Red Wing goalie Roger Crozier at 2:20 of extra time as he slid towards the net and then into Crozier. Crozier felt that Richard, as the two collided, swept the puck...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: The Coaches - Toe Blake
September 22nd, 2015 He’s back. After guiding the Montreal Canadiens to their sixth Stanley Cup under his tutelage last spring, the club’s first since 1960, rumours were rampant over the summer that coach Hector (Toe) Blake would not be returning behind the bench for the 1965-66 season. “He’ll go out on top,” they said. “He’s had enough,...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Les Canadiens Sont La!
May 2nd, 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 Black Hawks at the Forum in Montreal. Beliveau scores winner, wins Smythe The game, for all intents and purposes, was over almost as soon as it started....
Remembering Elmer Lach
April 4th, 2015 Today we join the hockey world in mourning the death of legendary Canadiens centerman Elmer Lach. We extend our deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Lach in their time of grief. A key member of one of the most electrifying forward lines ever assembled, Lach played a hard-driving style of hockey that embraced those dirty areas...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Habs Retreat, But Only For Rest
March 30th, 2015 Montreal Canadiens coach Toe Blake held his season-ending, pre-playoff press conference and laid out his plans for the playoffs for the Montreal press corps. One of the tidbits Blake revealed was that he plans to alter the routine the team followed in last year's playoffs. For the past couple of seasons, the Canadiens have...
