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THW's Hockey History for 10/06/2020
The latest from The Hockey Writers.
10/06/2020 edition:
By Declan Schroeder on Oct 05, 2020 01:49 pm
Nearly every NHL franchise has “ones that got away” — players who found the bulk of their success after being traded or allowed to walk via free agency — and the Winnipeg Jets are no exception. The best example of a Jet who achieved lofty things after leaving Winnipeg is defensemen Dave Babych. Babych’s Too-Short […]
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By Ryan Szporer on Oct 05, 2020 01:16 pm
The NHL lied. There weren’t six original teams when the league began operations for the 1917-18 season. There were technically only four. And, of those, only one—the Montreal Canadiens—has essentially survived up to the present day. The “Original Six” as fans know it, only came to be a few decades later, with the relatively late-joining […]
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By Shawn Nicholls on Oct 05, 2020 01:01 pm
Equal parts exhilarating and devastating, sports are quite simply unpredictable. Ask the city of Pittsburgh. This week 25 years ago, Penguins fans experienced both emotions at the same time. Riding back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and looking like a team destined to three-peat, Mario Lemieux stepped to the podium at a sudden press conference to announce […]
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By Greg Boysen on Oct 04, 2020 03:27 pm
As professional athletes, NHL hockey players will do whatever it takes to be successful on the ice. On top of their on and off ice training and preparation, many players throughout NHL history have adopted strange, often disturbing superstitions in order to ensure their on-ice success. Oddly enough, some of the best players to have played […]
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By Eugene Helfrick on Oct 04, 2020 02:02 pm
Whenever a new franchise enters the NHL, you never know what that teams’ identity will become. While some teams never develop a single trait that defines them, others seemingly double down on one aspect of the game to be the best at. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the pathway to prominence has been paved on […]
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By Ryan Szporer on Oct 04, 2020 01:42 pm
It may be called the National Hockey League, but it sure feels more like it could be an international one. Of course, the now-defunct International Hockey League was in operation for decades, but as a North American farm league for NHL teams. There’s nothing purely North American about the NHL, not any longer anyway, not […]
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By Kyle McKenna on Oct 03, 2020 03:00 pm
While the New Jersey Devils haven’t won a Stanley Cup championship since 2002-03, Jersey’s team has a rich history of notable skaters that have donned a red and black sweater. Related: Origins of Every NHL Team – Eastern Conference The franchise witnessed some of its all-time greats win multiple Stanley Cups, but then there are […]
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