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...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
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...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
Aside from the Stanley Cup, it could be argued no trophy in hockey is as important as the Allan Cup. In fact, it is almost as old as the Stanley Cup, and it predates the NHL as well. In today’s episode, I am going to be looking at the early years of...
Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at There have been many interesting Stanley Cup winners, from the Kenora Thistles of 1907 to the legendary NHL teams such as the Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers. None have been...
You know you are good when you are given the name of one of the greatest athletes of the time. Such was the case for Cecil Henry Dye, known better as Babe Dye. While his playing career ended 90 years ago, he remains one of the greatest players the...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Four years after Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservatives won the most seats in Canadian history, it was time for another election but this time, things would be somewhat different. The...