Hockey History
This Day in Hockey History – March 31, 1927 and 1951 – Overtime Causes Cinderella Story
Nearly a quarter century apart, March 31st saw the first NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs game decided in overtime (in 1927) and...
This Day in Hockey History – March 30, 1969 – Everybody Gets a Record!
The final games of the 1968-69 NHL season took place on March 30. At the standing-room-only Chicago Stadium, the East...
This Day in Hockey History – March 29, 1981 and 1999 – Wayne’s World, Party Time, Excellent
We’re all thinking, ‘Another day, another Wayne Gretzky record.’ In this series alone, we have covered no fewer than eight of...
This Day in Hockey History – March 28, 1929 – Just a “Tiny” Stanley Debut
(Photo: YouTube) The Boston Bruins joined the NHL at the beginning of the 1924-25 season. They...
This Day in Hockey History – March 27, 1938 – The Game that Kept New York Awake
Decades before Frank Sinatra started crooning about heading for the Big Apple to be the king of the hill in the city...
This Day in Hockey History – March 26, 1980 – Tony O’s Great Eight
There is a mystique that surrounds goaltenders. Many hockey observers wonder what makes a player elect to have pucks shot at him and...
This Date in Hockey History – March 24, 1953 – Sawchuk Says Nay, Scorers Say Yay
The reigning Stanley Cup champions of 1952, the Detroit Red Wings, were hoping to raise the silver chalice again in 1953. To...
This Day in Hockey History – March 23, 1944 – Rocket Gets All the Goals and Stars
(Photo: YouTube) At the beginning of the 1943-44 regular season, Montreal Canadiens head coach Dick Irvin elected...
This Day in Hockey History – March 21, 1991 – The Give and Take of Bourque and Tugnutt
Some people are givers – like Ray Bourque offering up a record-setting 19 shots. Others are takers – like goalie
This Day in Hockey History – March 20, 1971 – Dryden at Each End
The Dryden brothers, Dave and Ken, skated together in their Ontario backyard, but with six years between them, these goalies...
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