A daily look at the events in hockey as they happened 50 years ago.
Hi everyone! After a hiatus that has lasted far too long, 50 Years Ago in Hockey is making a comeback. We’ve been engaged in a few other projects over the past year and are now ready to get back to supporting our daily @1969hockeynews Twitter account, where we report on news and events in the […]
Welcome to our new page, “50 Years Ago in Hockey.” On this page we’ll provide coverage of events in the hockey world as they happened 50 years ago. We have gleaned information from over 25 historical newspapers and wire services of the day, as well as anecdotal information shared by some of the hockey people […]
This week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is now live on The Hockey Podcast Network and at the link below! It’s the opening round of the 1971 Stanley Cup Playoffs and we have reports on the first week’s games and much more! #THPN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vuiJiYUAuw
In this week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey Podcast we talk about the @NYRangers clinching 2nd place in the NHL’s Eastern Division; the @BuffaloSabres and @CanadiensMTL make some hockey history, and we learn who else the Detroit Red Wings will be sending to Florida! #THPNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lex_qjePtYo
This week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is now live, available on The Hockey Podcast Network and at the link below. This week, we talk about more dysfunction with @DetroitRedWings, and a used car salesman who wants to coach in @TheAHL, plus lots more!#THPNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrXoU4SJnnY
In this week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey Podcast, we talk about very important @NHL records being broken; there may be another buyer for that troubled Pittsburgh Penguins Franchise, and we learn about the season of one of the worst Junior teams on record. Get it at The Hockey Podcast Network! #THPN
In this week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey Podcast, It’s the 1971 NHL trade deadline and it wasn’t anything like we experience today; we have more on the Gordie Howe situation with the Red Wings and we hear about what may have been the real reason the Flyers traded Bernie Parent…plus much more! Get it […]
The 70th episode of our 50 Years Ago in Hockey is now live! Lots of news this week, including a situation developing with Gordie Howe! And we have some personal news! We have accepted an invitation to join the Hockey Podcast Network and and you can get all of our episodes at one handy address! […]
In this week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast, we talk @MapleLeafs great George Armstrong, thanks to a column written by Red Burnett in the Toronto Star 50 years ago this week, we have a report on the experience young hockey players are having at the Quebec International PeeWee Hockey Tournament, and @BuffaloSabres GM-coach gives […]
In this week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast, we have reaction to last week’s big @DetroitRedWings – @StLouisBlues trade, Scotty Bowman is once again the Blues coach, and we talk about the most outstanding goaltending performance of the entire 1970-71 season, plus lots more!!
In this week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast we deal almost exclusively with 3 major trades that took place. Mike Walton was finally dealt by Toronto in a deal that sent him from the Leafs to Flyers to the Bruins, with Bernie Parent going to Toronto. We have another deal between the Red Wings […]
In this week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey Podcast, we look at a wild California Golden Seals’ week , we report on a blockbuster trade that shook the hockey world, and we learn the NHL’s expansion plans, according to Stan Fischler and NY Rangers president Bill Jennings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fo-ETbN55oI
