It was a career that started with a Calder Trophy and ended with six Stanley Cup championships. Along the way, Bryan Trottier collected an Art… Read More »Bryan Trottier: NYI Legend With A Healthy NHL Hardware Collection
He was often compared to his Montreal Canadiens counterpart Henri Richard. Indeed, Dave Keon and Richard both had soft hands, great leadership skills and were… Read More »Dave Keon: 4 Stanley Cups, 2 Lady Byngs, 1 Calder, 1 Conn Smythe
What if? What if the Los Angeles Kings had protected Billy Smith and had the duo of Smith and Rogie Vachon through the 1970’s? Those… Read More »Billy Smith: 4 Stanley Cup Wins For Original New York Islanders Goalie
I seem to recall, sometime back in the 1970’s, reading a book at my public school library that I’m sure was an autobiography of Roger… Read More »Roger Crozier: Acrobatic, Small And Rookie Of The Year
He couldn’t help a pretty talented Los Angeles Kings team over the top in the late 1970’s but Butch Goring is considered the missing piece… Read More »Butch Goring: Missing Puzzle Piece For The New York Islanders
If Pavel Bure and Brendan Shanahan have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in recent years, are the people of Riverton, Manitoba that… Read More »Reggie Leach: Worthy of the Hockey Hall of Fame?
Interestingly, just three different players from the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins have ever won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of… Read More »Conn Smythe Trophy Winners from the Bruins and Blackhawks
As usual, the 1970-71 O-Pee-Chee hockey card set celebrated the achievements of the previous season. 1969-70 is still remembered as one of the most historically… Read More »1970-71 O-Pee-Chee: The Year of Bobby Orr