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This Day in Hockey History – December 28, 1975 – Super Series Starts

Between December 28, 1975 and January 11, 1976, two Soviet teams played four games each against the eight best teams the NHL had...

This Day in Hockey History – December 26, 1991 and 1993 – Rangers Rally to Eight

(Photo: Mike Gartner as found on Newspapers.com) Usually when a team finds themselves on the road and losing 6-1 late in the first...

This Day in Hockey History – December 24, 1949 – Gettin Nothin for Christmas

When the New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens on Christmas Eve in 1949, neither of their goaltenders let any coal in their...

This Day in Hockey History – December 23, 1979 – Bruins, Rangers, Stick, and Shoe

In the next issue after the events of December 23, 1979, both the Boston Globe and the New York Daily News featured the same...

This Day in Hockey History – December 18, 1952 and 1965 – Hat Tricks on Blueshirts

The New York Rangers seem to have been in the giving mood on December 18 in 1952 and 1965 as they...

This Day in Hockey History – November 16, 1926 – Rangers Make It There

New York was already a happening place for hockey by the time the Rangers came on the scene playing their first game on

This Day in Hockey History – November 7, 1896, 1936, and 1975 – New York State of Mind

(Photo: Spalding's official hockey guide 1913 archive.org, via Wikimedia Commons) New York played a big part in three events November 7th, approximately...

This Day in Hockey History – November 4, 1987 – Gretzky and Dionne Race to 1,000

(Photo: Compilation of photos of Gretzky (by Rick Dikeman) and Dionne found on Wikimedia Commons) Going into the game on

This Day in Hockey History – November 2, 1975 and 2016 – 42 Saves 41 Years Apart

The date was November 2nd. That night in 1975, two American hockey teams faced off, and in 2016, two Canadian teams did. For...

This Day in Hockey History – October 18, 1979 – Tipping Our Hats to Esposito

(Photo: By Boston Bruins , via Wikimedia Commons) At the beginning of his second-to-last of 18 NHL seasons, Phil Esposito scored...