An Update and Call for Input
After being knocked out by my second dose of the COVID vaccine for two days, my podcast schedule got a bit messed up. Using this as an opportunity to ...
Pucks and Cups
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Each week I look at the early history of the NHL, mostly pre-1970. I look at the players, the stories and the teams that helped to make the NHL the greatest league, and hockey the greatest sport, in the world. Join me as I explore Canada's game.
Nels Stewart
Today, I'm looking at the man they called Old Poison, Nels Stewart. One of the greatest goal scorers in the early NHL, he was the first player to scor...
When The Canadiens Almost Moved To Cleveland
As crazy as it sounds now, the Montreal Canadiens almost moved to Cleveland, Ohio. It almost happened in the mid-1930s, and it would have robbed Canad...
Lionel Conacher
Today, I look at one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history, Lionel Conacher. A member of four Hall-of-Fames, the Ontario Legislature and the Ho...
The Philadelphia Quakers
Today, I look at the team that lasted one season during The Great Depression, the Philadelphia Quakers. A team that was so bad, it would take 40 years...
Newsy Lalonde
The first star of the Montreal Canadiens, and the man who led them to their first Stanley Cup, Lalonde would set the NHL record for goals that lasted ...
The First NHL Players Strike
The 1925 Hamilton Tigers were poised to win the Stanley Cup, the first for the franchise but a players strike would not only derail those plans, but e...
The Kansas City Scouts
Today, I look at the first team to relocate in the NHL since 1935, the Kansas City Scouts. The team only lasted two seasons, but would eventually form...
Bobby Hull Signs In The WHA
It was an event that changed hockey forever. In 1972, Bobby Hull, an NHL superstar, left the league to play for the WHA and the Winnipeg Jets. The ram...
King Clancy
In an NHL career that spanned 65 years as a player, coach, referee and an executive, King Clancy won six Stanley Cups and became a legend on and off t...