We all hear about the massively promoted autobiographies of Wendell Clark, Doug Gilmour, Chris Nilan and Bob Probert. If you dig a little deeper, there… Read More »Hit The Books: Three Great Hockey Books You Should Be Reading (Dec. 2017)
He was called ‘Suitcase’ on the back of his 1969-70 O-Pee-Chee hockey card, while still with his second National Hockey League team. According to the… Read More »Gary Smith: 4 Championships But No Stanley Cup For The Suitcase
At 5’9″, Bob Baun was a rarity on the blue lines of the National Hockey. In today’s NHL, he would be rejected by 30 teams,… Read More »Bob Baun: Toughness Defined For The Toronto Maple Leafs
Despite scoring at nearly a goal a game pace in his final year of junior hockey with the Edmonton Oil Kings, roles would drastically change… Read More »Bert Marshall: Missed The Islanders Stanley Cup Dynasty By A Hair
Between 1950-51 and 1961-62, Bert Olmstead failed to play in the Stanley Cup finals just once. A winner of five Stanley Cup rings, four with… Read More »Bert Olmstead: Stanley Cup Finals 11 Of 12 NHL Seasons
Like a broken record, “Where would this guy’s career have gone if the NHL wasn’t limited to six teams?” Charlie Hodge was a goaltender in… Read More »Charlie Hodge: Habs Bridge Between Plante And Worsley
He started his junior career in 1954. He played his last major league game with the WHA’s Quebec Nordiques in 1976. He played periodically in… Read More »Ted Hampson: Face Of The Flin Flon Bombers Long Before Bobby Clarke
The first Earl Ingarfield played nearly 750 regular season games in the National Hockey League with 21 more in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Earl Ingarfield… Read More »The Ingarfield’s: Earls of Lethbridge, Alberta