“Who is Skip Krake?” “Isn’t he the guy with his picture on Don Awrey’s 1967-68 and 1968-69 hockey cards?” Yes. But, is there more to… Read More »Skip Krake: More Than Just The Don Awrey Picture Swap?
Winning seemed to follow John Tonelli, or maybe it was the other way around. He reached the Avco World Trophy finals in his first year… Read More »John Tonelli: 4 Stanley Cup Rings In Six Visits To The Finals
Sure, it was a lopsided trade but was it a complete dud? Dan Maloney was no Marcel Dionne but he still had a decent NHL… Read More »Dan Maloney: Part Of The Trade That Sent Marcel Dionne To The Kings
He could never quite find his way in the National Hockey League but that doesn’t mean Gord Labossiere didn’t have a notable hockey career. Labossiere… Read More »Gord Labossiere: WHA Star And Minor League Scoring Leader
How much further would have his NHL career gone? How would it have changed the career of Don Edwards? Questions for the ‘what-if’ machine. What… Read More »Gerry Desjardins: The Eye Injury That Changed The Face Of Goaltending
Never a Stanley Cup champion and just 25 regular season games shy of 1000, yet Jerry Korab is certainly a player Buffalo Sabres fans remember.… Read More »Jerry Korab: 3 Stanley Cup Finals In King Kong’s 1st 5 NHL Seasons
A Montreal native that never got to play for the Canadiens, Gilles Marotte appeared in 808 regular season NHL games but saw a limited 29… Read More »Gilles Marotte: NHL’s Captain Crunch For Just Over A Decade
In his three full seasons of junior hockey in the WHL, Barry Beck was an important piece in the New Westminster Bruins machine that made… Read More »Barry Beck: Calder Trophy Runner-Up In 1977-78 To Mike Bossy