50 Years Ago in Hockey: Bruins No Longer Cellar-Dwellars
The Boston Bruins are enjoying the rarefied air of fifth place in the National Hockey League standings today. The Bruins escaped the NHL basement with a 2-0 shutout win over…
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50 Years Ago in Hockey: Stafford Smythe Speaks
With the Toronto Maple Leafs languishing just two points out of last place in the National Hockey League standings, president Stafford Smythe outlined his strategy to right the ship and…
50 Years Ago in Hockey: There’s Only One 20-Year Man (For Now)
Throughout the annals of National Hockey League history, only one man has lasted for 20 seasons at the big-league level. This season two men, Gordie Howe and Bill Gadsby, will…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – 64-65 Post-Mortem: Boston Bruins
Now that the 1964-65 Stanley Cup has been awarded, the all-star teams named and individual trophies about to be bestowed, it’s time to properly lay the season to rest with…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Trade Deadline Approaches
With the National Hockey League’s deadline for trading and call-ups coming up Sunday night at midnight, there is lots of talk around each team, but very little action. We’ll have…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Leafs Loan Goalie to Lowly Bruins
With all the talk of National Hockey League expansion, one has to wonder where the players will come from when one of the six present teams can’t even field a…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Lowly Bruins Tie Wings
The bottom-dwelling Boston Bruins finally scored a goal on Detroit Red Wings rookie goalkeeper Roger Crozier last night. In fact, they notched three of them as they held their first-place adversaries to…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – Upset Night in the NHL
There was a full slate of three games last night in the National Hockey League, and the results of all three can be considered upsets. The Rangers downed the Canadiens…
October 1, 1964 – Last Night’s Results and News
Another night of NHL exhibition games across North America with four matches taking place. In the one NHL-only game, the Bruins routed the Rangers 6-2. In the other contests, Toronto stung Seattle…
The All-40 Team
Much has been made of the play of Teemu Selanne and Nicklas Lidstrom the past two seasons as they approached, and passed, their 40th birthdays. They still rank among the…