Retro Rangers: The Cal Gardner – Ken Reardon FeudGeorge Grimm Hockey History December 26, 2020 0 40At 6-1 and 185 pounds, Cal Gardner did not shy away from the physical side of the game and in...
We also mourn the passing of Leaf great and broadcaster Howie Meeker. He has died at age 97.Darryl Houston Smith Darryl's Dispatch December 2, 2020 0 15Early last month the hockey world lost another iconic figure. Howie Meeker has died. Howie Meeker spent his long and...
Fred Saskamoose has died.Darryl Houston Smith Darryl's Dispatch November 25, 2020 0 19Photos Source: NHL Archives Hockey lost one of its true originals as Fred Saskamoose has died. Sasakamoose died at age...
Retro Rangers: Reminiscing with Tim RyanGeorge Grimm Hockey History September 17, 2020 0 85Tim Ryan graduated from Notre Dame University in 1960 with a journalism degree, in hope of becoming a newspaper reporter....
Retro Rangers: Remembering Edgar LapradeGeorge Grimm Hockey History August 6, 2020 0 22Edgar Laprade was considered by many to be the best senior hockey player in Canada during the early 1940s. Laprade...
Retro Rangers: Forgotten BlueshirtsGeorge Grimm Hockey History May 29, 2020 0 54Do the names Hub Anslow, Ron Rowe, Herb Foster, Huddy Bell, Jean-Paul Denis or Alex Ritson, ring a bell? How...
Book Review: “Toe Blake: Winning is Everything” by Paul LogothetisMatthew Dibiase Atlantic Division April 23, 2020 0 61This writer’s personal motto has always been “History abhors a vacuum”. For much too long there has been a vacuum...
Retro Rangers: Pavelich Paid the PriceGeorge Grimm Hockey History March 23, 2020 0 289In February 1980, Mark Pavelich was sitting on top of the world as a key member of the US Hockey...
Retro Rangers: From House Goalies to EBUGsGeorge Grimm Hockey History March 2, 2020 0 48During the NHL’s early years, teams were only required to dress one goaltender. If that netminder was injured he either...
Retro Rangers: The Quest for Big NedGeorge Grimm Hockey History November 21, 2019 0 32At 6-foot-2, 205 pounds Czechoslovakian Vaclav Nedomansky was everything Emile Francis, as well as most of the other GM’s in...
