If you're looking for more Bobby Orr information, I'd suggest looking at http://www3.telus.net/Orr/. It also has the summary for his first game in the...
... of the ... I picked up this book via Amazon.com - it came in on Friday - and I could not put it down. Amazing book Brad ! Boy, it seems like this...
Hi Pat: I'm so glad you enjoyed the Seals book and thanks for your kind words. Yeah, it's actually a miracle that the Seals lasted 9 seasons in Oakland with...
The part about Morris Mott being a celebrity in NY is true !! I think I was in 9th grade in Mott's last year with the Seals - and my history teacher - Mr....
Pat, You can. I met Morris at the SIHR meeting in St. Paul in 2002. He's a great guy - brought a tape of a Canada-USSR game he played in the mid-60s. He also...
Pat: Thanks for the great Morris Mott story. From the "it's a small world" file, I actually live walking distance from what was then called "Holy Family H.S."...
A friend of mine wonders, When did the NHL make teams dress a specific number of players and when did the concept of having extra guys around as "healthy...
The Ottawa Senators were doing it as early as 1911. They had two goalies - Clint Benedict and Percy LeSueur, and they couldn't choose which one. As a regular...
Hockey Dolphins ready to make a splash SAM LASKARIS Sep. 14, 2006 Etobicoke will have a franchise in what is considered the premier women's hockey league in...
From today's Toronto Star: Salming's true legacy When the fearless Swede pulled on a Leafs sweater in 1973, he changed the NHL forever Oct. 4, 2006. 01:00 AM ...
Certainly I am surprised that anyone is interested in the sordid Tie Domi/Belinda Stronach affair. But writer Earl McRae certainly alludes to other scandals in...
Could someone with the 1965-66 NHL Guide be so kind as to email me off list with the power play chances and times shorthanded (by team) for 1964-65? Much...
Craig, I thought perhaps you were referring to another Tie Domi scandal, the one that started tonight, during his first night as between periods hockey analyst...
Former player and coach Vic Heyliger passed away in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. He was 87 years old. Martin ... Keine Lust auf Tippen? Rufen Sie Ihre...
That's the age that has been reported, and I had trouble believing that he entered the University of Michigan at the age of 15. What made the USA Hockey press...
List Rules 1. Do not be rude to you fellow list members. (Please don't get offended too easily either.) 2. NO SPAM. It's all right to advertise items for sell...
hockhist@yahoogroups....
Oct 8, 2006 11:53 am
50529
Hi, I'm curious to know if somebody has documented the history of hockey fights, and whether the fights "have always been a part of the game." Any pointers...
I'm not aware of one but they were present quite early on. After all "fisticuffs" were mentioned in the rules from early in the century. [Non-text portions of...
I would say that this depends on whether we're talking North American or European hockey. In Europe, fighting has never been a part of hockey. Of course, I'm...
... Hi, This came up on this list a couple of years ago. Joe Pelletier recommended the book HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA by Richard Gruneau and David Whitson,...
I've heard from more than one person that after the NHL played Russia in '72 some of the hatred or dislike of players from other teams faded because of the...
The official obituary published in The Gazette today gives September 26, 1912 as Vic Heyliger's birthday. I guess this is the right one. Martin ... Yahoo!...
Excellent stuff, J-P. Gotta find that book. Thanks to you all. _____ From: J.P. Martel [mailto:jpmartel_18@...] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 00:46 ...
Indeed. A colleague in SIHR tipped me off last week that the US census would have been conducted in January, therefore a few months after Heyliger's 7th ...
A junior A coach I worked with has asked me to calculate what proportion of his team's goals were 5 on 5, 5 on 4, etc. And the same with the goals they have...
I don't know if there is a book that specifically talks about it but I did have a long conversation with Ron Ellis about the situation. He says that he had a...
Not that I'm aware of. I went to a SIHR conference in Houghton, MI, about two years ago, and someone (Bill Sproule maybe?) had this kind of detailed report...
My memory's hazy, too, though I can recommend an excellent Friday night fish fry on the Keewenaw Peninsula. My files show that it was Jerry Sullivan from...
Try a post on the HAG List. _____ From: hockhist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:hockhist@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stan Jones Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006...
