He’s a Hall of Famer. Just not for hockey. Doug Favell, veteran of over a decade of goaltending in the National Hockey League, was inducted… Read More »Doug Favell: Only Player Taken In Both The 1967 and 1979 Expansion Drafts
His 1971-72 O-Pee-Chee hockey card states that he’s no stranger to the penalty box. Indeed, at the time, Ross Lonsberry already had a 118 penalty… Read More »Ross Lonsberry: Workhorse For The Broad Street Bullies
In his book ‘The Game’, Ken Dryden made reference to NHL hockey players always being a ‘former’. For Dryden, he was always a former Calder… Read More »Jim Lorentz: Central Hockey League Superstar
With the star studded Boston Bruins rosters of the 1970’s, the great career of Gregg Sheppard goes a bit unnoticed. It doesn’t help that a… Read More »Gregg Sheppard: Boston’s PK Specialist
Part of one of the great National Hockey League families, perhaps Jean Provonost would be beside brother Marcel Pronovost in the Hockey Hall of Fame… Read More »Jean Pronovost: Behind Just Lemieux And Jagr In Goals For Pittsburgh
Yes, the loud guy with the funky suits that shows up on Hockey Night in Canada every Saturday night is not the NHL hockey player… Read More »Dick Cherry: The Cherry Brother That Played In The NHL
Wayne Cashman – Best Supporting Actor for the Boston Bruins? Not the superstar but the leader of the pack for some pretty great Boston teams… Read More »Wayne Cashman – Boston Bruins Best Supporting
His National Hockey League career was injury shortened and, for the most part, mediocre. Yet, Mike Palmateer established himself as a cult hero and ranks… Read More »Mike Palmateer: Top Rookie Card In 1977-78