This Day in Hockey History

This Day in Hockey History – April 15, 1952 – Octopi in the Sky

(Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States ) Nowadays, throwing anything on the ice is...

This Day in Hockey History – April 14, 2004 – Lightning’s Power of Three

The season that began in ’03 ended in threes for the New York Islanders. The Tampa Bay Lightning eliminated them in the...

This Day in Hockey History – April 13, 1933 and 1940 – Overtime Over Toronto

Toronto fans must have experienced the worst case of déjà vu. On the exact same date (April 13) seven years apart (in 1933...

This Day in Hockey History – April 12, 1996 – Red Wings on Jets

The 1995-96 season sure went out with a bang. On April 12, the day after the Boston Bruins clinched their record-breaking 29th...

This Day in Hockey History – April 11, 1996 – Boston Spring Brings 29 Playoff Seasons

Spring was in the air, and as one Boston Globe correspondent wrote, “perhaps the ultimate certainty was watching the Bruins in the Stanley Cup...

This Day in Hockey History – April 10, 1982 – City of Angels’ Miracle

To the Forum’s sellout crowd (of 16,005), the third game in the best-of-five Smythe Division Semifinals, held April 10, 1982, seemed like a...

This Day in Hockey History – April 9, 1980 – Gordie’s Goodbye Goal

After a 32-season career that went into five decades, 52-year-old Gordie Howe ended his professional playing days. On April 6, the final day...

This Day in Hockey History – April 8, 1996 – Coyoteman Jets to Arizona

Throughout hockey history, when times get hard, franchises consider moving to new locations to improve their fortunes. Some transitions show few other changes, like...

This Day in Hockey History – April 7, 1974 – Pennsylvanian Goaltenders’ Union

The regular season came to a close on April 7, 1974. Both the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins played that...

This Day in Hockey History – April 6, 1969 – Will You Still Need Me When I’m 44

The Toronto Maple Leafs were a force to be reckoned with during the 1960s, winning four Stanley Cup champions (in 1962, 1963, 1964,...