... Very interesting article. Comment (totally OT): I still think that the ugliest and the dirtiest Soviet refereeing wasn't in hockey but in soccer. There...
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epenaltybox
Aug 1, 2002 8:09 pm
This note does not confirm. If the Olympics were awarded in 1933, this statement would still ring true. Morey ... from ... establish ... to...
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arch4web
Aug 2, 2002 4:17 am
Hi Hockhist people: Here goes the latest news from Russia: <><><><><><><><> August 1, 2002 CSKA and HK CSKA? No more! Finally, it happened. There will be only...
36057
Mike Stock
stock49277
Aug 2, 2002 4:51 pm
Lloyd, Very interesting story. Thanks for the link. Mike...
36058
Eugene Karolinsky
karol@...
Aug 2, 2002 8:52 pm
... invented the curved stick. I never heard this claim before so I have no reason to doubt him. However, I was wondering if anyone could confirm this... I...
36059
James Milks
losthockey
Aug 2, 2002 9:07 pm
Hi all, I had a chance to look at the section on Mikita in Dowbiggin's book "The Stick", and in it he interviews journeyman Andy Bathgate (Rangers, Leafs, etc)...
36060
epenaltybox
Aug 2, 2002 9:57 pm
A minor correction, James. Andy Bathgate was hardly a journeyman. In an era dominated by Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard on the right wing, Bathgate still...
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DAVE SOUTTER
dsoutter@...
Aug 3, 2002 12:02 am
Also, Andy Bathgate is in the Hall of Fame, and deservedly so. He was captain of the New York Rangers in the late '50's and early '60's and scored 973 points...
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James Milks
losthockey
Aug 3, 2002 1:17 am
Oops. Sorry, poor choice of words. Not sure why I typed that. However, right or wrong, it's irrelevant to the issue of curved sticks... Has anyone else ever...
36063
James Milks
losthockey
Aug 3, 2002 1:18 am
What exactly was the Dandurand racing circuit anyway? Horse racing? James ... From: nieforth [mailto:nieforth@...] Sent: July 29, 2002 9:05 AM To:...
36064
Joe Pelletier
FuzzyMonkey32
Aug 3, 2002 1:49 am
... I have heard the claim, though I couldn't tell you where I read that. I haven't been following this thread, but I seem to recall a player back in the 1930s...
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Erich Lenz
enlenz50
Aug 3, 2002 3:19 am
Hey all, Thanks again for any and all help on the Hamilton situation. Sounds pretty interesting. Now, I have some questions about some old IHL cities and...
36066
JstHkyCin@...
jsthkycin
Aug 3, 2002 3:23 am
I know that Troy still has the old barn, the Hobart Arena....
36067
Erich Lenz
enlenz50
Aug 3, 2002 3:48 am
JstHckCin, Thanks for the info. I also appreciate the name of thearena mentioned. Nick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
36068
Erich Lenz
enlenz50
Aug 3, 2002 3:52 am
Ok, so just one I get one league straightened out, another decides to play games. According to my old roomie in El Paso, who now resides near Port Huron is ...
36069
JstHkyCin@...
jsthkycin
Aug 3, 2002 3:54 am
In a message dated 08/02/2002 11:49:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, enlenz50@... writes: << JstHckCin, Thanks for the info. I also appreciate the name of ...
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h0ckeynut17
Aug 3, 2002 4:17 am
The Saginaw/Canton franchise was technically suspended until they found a home and could begin operations. Any suspended team that reactivates needs an...
36071
Hans Hornstein
lenniersd
Aug 3, 2002 6:22 am
... No -- the owner who was attempting to buy the franchise and relocate it from Massilon to Canton was rebuffed by the city, and decided to give up, pulling...
36072
mrdcool
dickie_28
Aug 4, 2002 2:11 am
... Sort of. The Beacons are an entirely separate entity than the Canton Ice Patrol. They are two completely separate teams. When the mayor of Canton decided...
36073
mtlhockey@...
brianslagel
Aug 4, 2002 6:39 pm
Hey Lloyd! Thanks so much for getting this story to us. It was great, any Slapshot fan has to see it!! Brian...
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mtlhockey@...
brianslagel
Aug 4, 2002 7:10 pm
My question is why on earth would anyone want to bring a team to Port Huron? They were dead last in attendance last year in all of minor league hockey. Brian...
36075
arch4web
Aug 5, 2002 1:28 am
Hi HockHist_list: December 31, 1975. Montreal Forum. Montreal Canadiens 3, CSKA 3... Do you remember that game? Do you remember the guy who scored the 3rd goal...
36076
mrdcool
dickie_28
Aug 5, 2002 1:51 am
... To put it simply, fans didn't come because of Afr. I know that's hard to believe, but it's the truth. He screwed the city, the fans, and the franchise, and...
36077
mangodance
Aug 5, 2002 2:45 am
... As one who lives in a "post-Afr"; commnunity, no... it isn't that hard to believe. But we still averaged 5,500/game during an 18 win season, no ...
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francz39
Aug 5, 2002 4:53 am
Found this in Scott Young's 1966 book, "The Leafs I Knew". It might add a little to the thread about Ed Babiuk, from Wayne Brownhill's post 19412, and the...
36079
Joe Pelletier
FuzzyMonkey32
Aug 5, 2002 5:19 am
How far back does The Hockey News publish every box score for every game? I'm specifically looking throughout the 1980s and 1990s, but I'd like to when they...
36080
epenaltybox
Aug 5, 2002 7:52 pm
I've heard it out of Bathgate's own mouth. ESPN Classic did a profile on Jacques Plante, and Bathgate claims that he created the slapshot, and it was his...
36081
epenaltybox
Aug 5, 2002 8:06 pm
I've been a THN reader since the late 70s. They published box scores, but not every single one of them. They were missing several WHA boxes during the 78-79...
36082
francz39
Aug 5, 2002 9:17 pm
Don Keenan was one of those Original Six 'spare goalies' who actually got to play an NHL game when the regular goalie was unable to lace 'em up. Scott Young...
36083
DAVE SOUTTER
dsoutter@...
Aug 6, 2002 1:03 am
I started reading THN in the late '60's. Back then, THN published box scores for the NHL, AHL, CHL and WHL. They quit the minor-league box scores sometime in...
