It is the greatest trophy in sports, at least in my humble opinion. It is the Stanley Cup, something every budding hockey player hopes to one day hold. Today, teams spend millions of dollars for the chance to win the Stanley Cup but back in 1893, it...
In terms of hockey shrines in Canada, two places stand above all others. One is the Montreal Forum, while the other is Maple Leaf Gardens. Next season, I will look at the Montreal Forum, but today I am looking at Maple Leaf Gardens, a place that had...
Born as Frederick Wellington Taylor in Tara, Ontario, the fourth of five children to Archie and Mary Taylor, it is not known the exact date that Taylor was born. Most sources cite it was June 23, 1884, so that is what we are going with. Taylor grew...
Did you know that Regina has won the Stanley Cup several times including in 2014-15? Well, it wasn’t actually Regina, but it was a team that relocated from Regina, the Chicago Black Hawks. That Blackhawks team would have their start thanks to a...
For a city to win the Stanley Cup these days, an NHL team is required. For an NHL team, a community needs at least a few hundred thousand people, a huge arena and millions of dollars to spend. That is how it has been for decades now, but there was a...
Throughout the 1920s, there were many stars and one that burned brighter than most was Cy Denneny, the man who would set NHL records that would last for decades and have more Stanley Cup success than most players of that era. Denneny was born on Dec...
They aren’t the Montreal Canadiens, or the Toronto Maple Leafs, but there is one team that has seen immense success in hockey and established itself as a legendary part of Canadian hockey lore. Without a doubt, the Trail Smoke Eaters can be...
Frank Boucher was born into a hockey family. His brother George would play for the Ottawa Senators and win four Stanley Cups and wind up in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960. His other two brothers, Bob and Billy, both played in the NHL as well. Bob...
He was one of the fastest skaters to ever take to the ice, so it is no surprise that Joe Simpson gained the nickname of Bullet during his Hall of Fame career that lasted only 10 seasons but helped him leave his mark on the early NHL. Harold Edward...
When the Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1945, one man who was enshrined was a person who had one eye, who had only played professional hockey for three years and had been dead for three decades. His name was Frank McGee, and his career was...