Showing posts with label gordie howe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gordie howe. Show all posts
Monday, July 7, 2025

Mark Howe Leads Hartford Whalers to First NHL Victory in Franchise History

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After four winless games to start their inaugural NHL season, the Hartford Whalers finally broke through with a landmark victory on October...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Delvecchio, Howe, and Mahovlich Dominate North Stars on New Year’s Eve 1968

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December 31, 1968 at Detroit Olympia: The Detroit Red Wings celebrated New Year’s Eve with a dominant 6-3 victory over the Minnesota North...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

6 Must Have 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Cards

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The 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee NHL hockey card set was significant for a few important reasons. It marked the first O-Pee-Chee set since the very ...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee NHL: Beyond Wayne Gretzky

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The 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey card series is forever known as the set that includes the Wayne Gretzky rookie card. Although not the most ...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Top Valued 1958-59 Topps NHL Hockey Cards

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In the middle ages of hockey cards between 1951-52 and the NHL expansion days of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, the 1958-59 Topps ser...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

4 Hart Trophy Winners From The Detroit Red Wings

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For the 1926-27 National Hockey League season, the Victoria Cougars were moved to Detroit, Michigan . The team remained the Cougars unti...
Friday, October 3, 2014

Top 5 NHL Goal Scorers In 1968-69

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In 1968-69, Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks set a National Hockey League record that would last for just two seasons. Hull scored...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

1950-51 NHL Season By The Numbers

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  1950-51 was quite an important year in the National Hockey League. Many say that that season marked the NHL’s entry into the modern era...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Hockey's Highest Valued Hockey Card?

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Honus Wagner's famous 1909 baseball card gets worldwide attention for its selling value that is in the millions. What is the top value...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

8 NHL Players To Win The Art Ross Trophy In Consecutive Seasons

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The Art Ross Trophy has been handed out to the regular season points leader in the National Hockey League each season since 1947-48.   O...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Hockey Trivia: 1979 NHL Entry Draft

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The 1979 NHL Entry Draft had one of the best first rounds ever. All 21 players selected in the first round went on to careers in the NHL...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

1961-62 NHL Team Leaders

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The Toronto Maple Leafs won the first of three consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1961-62. The second place Leafs met the third pl...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

1967-68 NHL East Division Team Leaders

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The 1967-68 National Hockey League season marked the addition of six new teams. Normally, expansion increases offense due to the watered...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

1958-59 NHL Team Leaders

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The Montreal Canadiens continued to steamroll the rest of the National Hockey League in 1958-59. The Habs took first place by 18 points ...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Hartford Whalers in the Hockey Hall of Fame

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I can hear Hartford Whalers fans crying foul at the title of this article, already. Indeed, there were six Hockey Hall of Fame members t...