Hockey History

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,...

This Day in Hockey History – April 5, 1932 and 1955 – Three for Two Left Wings

They played on the same date 23 years apart, but left wingers Harvey “Busher” Jackson and Ted Lindsay set and tied the...

This Day in Hockey History – April 4, 2004 – Tied Up Fast Last

On a date of all fours, a defenseman with a four-letter last name scored his first and last NHL goal in the last game...

This Day in Hockey History – April 2, 1939 – Hill Reaches Summit in Sudden Death

(Photo: Hendrik Seis , via Wikimedia Commons) At the end of the 1938-39 season, the NHL-leading Boston Bruins came into the...

This Day in Hockey History – April 1, 1980 – Liut 30 for 30

During the 1979-80 season, goalie Mike Liut may have been playing for the St. Louis Blues, but he wasn’t singing the blues....