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This Day in Hockey History – March 17, 1955 – Bombs for the Rocket

Hockey fights are nothing new. The rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins dates back to 1924. It seems that riots by...

This Day in Hockey History – March 16, 1923 – Bout of Brothers

(Image: 1923 Ottawa Senators, via Wikimedia Commons) Brothers who play professional hockey is nothing new, but in 1923, brothers played against each...

This Day in Hockey History – March 15, 1941 – Two For the Price of None

Coach Dick Irvin decided to try something interesting on March 15, 1941. It was the final game of his first season coaching the...

This Day in Hockey History – March 14, 1933 – A Black Hawks’ Feisty Forfeit

(Photo: Art Coulson, Blackhawks, from Newspapers.com) In the long-storied career of the Chicago Blackhawks, they have had only one forfeited game, and that...

This Day in Hockey History – March 13, 1950 – Czechs Unbalanced

(Photo: Czech Hockey Hall of Fame by Jiří Borový From March 13 to March 22, 1950, nine hockey teams came to...

This Day in Hockey History – March 12, 1967 – Ranking the Original Six

The end of the final season of the Original Six approached. All six teams played on March 12, 1967, and the results essentially...

This Day in Hockey History – March 11, 1971 – Big Breaking Bruins

The Boston Bruins had just won the Stanley Cup in 1970 and looked well on their way to more excitement from the 1970-71...

This Day in Hockey History – March 10, 1978 and 1992 – Four for One, Twice

Being traded to a new team, especially one in a far off city, is never easy for a player. For Dennis O’Brien and...

This Day in Hockey History – March 9, 1991 – A Fleury of Shorties

When most people hear the name of Theo Fleury today, they immediately think of his autobiography Playing with Fire that was published in...

This Day in Hockey History – March 8, 1937 – Howie Morenz’s Passing

If hockey had royalty, then certainly Howie Morenz would be among them. In many ways he was the first true superstar of the National...