by George Grimm | Oct 24, 2022 | Hockey History, Retro Rangers
While Billy Joel, Harry Styles and the band Phish all have banners hanging from the rafters at Madison Square Garden, there is still nothing up there honoring former Ranger captain and NHL Hall of Famer, Brad Park. Granted, Billy Joel, is a legendary singer-songwriter...
by George Grimm | Oct 5, 2022 | Hockey History
It’s hard to believe in this technology-laden age of 24-Hour sports coverage, but 50 years ago when Canada faced off against Russia in their now famous Summit Series, the games were not initially scheduled to be broadcast in the United States. None of the major...
by George Grimm | Sep 23, 2022 | Retro Rangers
The New York Islanders were born in 1972 in an attempt to keep the WHA’s New York Raiders from setting up shop in the brand new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island. Nassau County officials wanted nothing to do with the WHA, which they...
by Darryl Houston Smith | Jun 27, 2022 | Darryl's Dispatch, Hockey History
Hall of Famer Mike Gartner, Chair of the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee, announced today that six individuals have been elected to Hockey Hall of Fame Honoured Membership, in both the Player and Builder Category. The vote took place today at the annual...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 22, 2022 | Archived Features, Hockey History, Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
The full line from which I’ve excerpted my title is, “Unresting death, a whole day nearer now,” from a Philip Larkin poem (“Aubade”), and I cite it as a reminder: we’ve lost Guy Lafleur, at 70 too young to go. And his death portends our own, though mostly we don’t...
by George Grimm | Mar 14, 2022 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
Separately, Jim Gordon and Bill Chadwick were each very good at their jobs, but together they were great and formed one of the most popular broadcasting teams in Rangers history. Gordon was the straight man, the professional broadcaster of the duo. A Brooklyn...
