Hockey History
This Day in Hockey History – September 26, 1925 and 1926 – Bigger, Broken, Bought, and Blue
On September 26, in back-to-back years, the NHL seemed to be saying, “We want more!” In 1925, the league expanded by...
This Day in Hockey History – September 25, 1987 – Potvin Says When
Some people just know when it’s time to go. On September 25, 1987, 33-year-old Denis Potvin resigned as captain of...
This Day in Hockey History – September 24, 1937 – Ice Icing Baby
Photo: YouTube It seemed that many of the most memorable meetings of the NHL Board of Governors...
This Day in Hockey History – September 23, 1992 – First Lady of Hockey
The NHL had existed for 76 years by the time the first female was invited to attend a team’s training camp. Goalie...
This Day in Hockey History – September 22, 1934 – Meeting Minutes
In 1934, the NHL Board of Governors bumped up their semiannual meeting by a week and met in New York on
This Day in Hockey History – September 18, 1971 – Guy’s Your Guy
Well before the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft even took place on July 10, 1971, Guy Lafleur was on the radar for...
This Day in Hockey History – September 17, 1985 – Birth of the Great Eight
Just six years before the fall of Communism in Russia, Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin was born on September 17, 1985 in...
This Day in Hockey History – September 16, 1998 – Peter Stastny Enters the Hall
For those who were born after 1991, they have never known a world with the great Soviet Union, communism and the Iron...
This Day in Hockey History – September 12, 1941 – The Art of the Dramatic Exit
It all turned out to be much ado about nothing, but in 1941, the Boston Bruins felt they had certain rights to...
This Day in Hockey History – September 11, 1969 – Upgrade to Expand
The addition of six new teams in 1967 seemed to go pretty well, so the NHL added two more franchises to begin...
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