In the history of the NHL, 10 players have had the three year waiting period waived to enter the Hall of Fame. These are players like Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau and Rocket Richard. The last was Gretzky, but...
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/canadaehx Listen to this podcast episode by searching for Canadian History Ehx on all podcast platforms Born on April 25, 1918 in Blackie, Alberta, Pat Egan would have a decent playing and coaching career...
Born in Saskatoon on March 25, 1913, Bert Gardiner would play parts of a few seasons in the NHL before fading away to regular life. Gardiner is not so much known for his prowess in the net as a goalie, but for his brush with several unique NHL...
This week on Small Town Hockey Heroes, we are going to look at Eddie Panagabko, a man who had a brief career in the NHL before venturing to success elsewhere in the hockey world.Born on May 17, 1934 in Norquay, Saskatchewan, he would eventually make...
One of the common threads of Small Town Hockey Heroes seems to be that many brief NHL players were the victims of circumstance. Some were put on a bad team that never gave them a chance, others were born too late or too early.Some had immediate...
As it says in Stan Fischler’s 1975 Hockey Encyclopedia, Harold “Hal” Lang’s problem was that he was born simply too soon. If born a few years earlier, he may have had a Hall-of-Fame career. Unfortunately, he was born on March 20, 1894 in Gretna...