This week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is a big one on The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN. It’s all about the 1972 NHL summer meetings where we have the Islanders – Flames expansion draft, two new teams join the NHL for 1974 and Sam Pollock once again shows why he is the NHL “Godfather.” […]
Author: Rick Cole
Retired Police Detective, member of Society for International Hockey Research and dedicated hockey historian.
WHA – NHL War is ON!
In our 133rd weekly 50 Years Ago in Hockey Podcast available today on The Hockey Podcast Network THPN, we have lots of WHA signing news, including some instances where players were alleged to have signed with both the WHA and NHL; the NHL governors met to try and decide which two cities will be awarded […]
Hull to Leave NHL??
Our latest 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is now up on The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN. https://link.chtbl.com/50yearsagoinhockey In our first off-season show we get some WHA news, Punch Imlach replaces himself as coach in Buffalo and BOOM! Bobby Hull confirms he has a verbal agreement to sign with the WHA Winnipeg Jets!
BRUINS ARE THE CHAMPS!!
This week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is now available on The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN. In this show, we wrap up the 1971-72 NHL Season as the Stanley Cup final is decided, there are lots of rumours of players moving to the new World Hockey Association, (although no big stars seem to be […]
Bruins Lead, But Rangers Persist
This week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is now live on The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN https://link.chtbl.com/50yearsagoinhockey This week we look at games 2 – 4 of the 1972 Stanley Cup Final between the Bruins and Rangers, we have some WHA news and the NHL awards are announced, not without a bit of controversy!
Bruins and Rangers in the Final!
This week’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is now live on The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN https://link.chtbl.com/50yearsagoinhockey Today we report on the two Stanley Cup games played this week, as the Bruins sweep the Blues and the Finals open in Boston!. There’s lots of off-ice news and two of hockey’s greatest players have some […]
Boston – St. Louis – What a Farce!
Our latest 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast episode is now live on The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN https://link.chtbl.com/50yearsagoinhockey This week we have Round 2 of the 1972 Stanley Cup playoffs, where one series was supposed to be close and wasn’t and the other series was simply an embarrassment to the NHL; we also have […]
’72 Playoffs – Round 1 in the Books!
Our latest 50 Years Ago In Hockey podcast is now available at The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN https://link.chtbl.com/50yearsagoinhockey This week we have the completion of the 1st round of the 1972 playoffs and lots of off-ice news as well!
WHA Gets Real!
Today’s 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is now live on The Hockey Podcast Network #THPN https://link.chtbl.com/50yearsagoinhockey This week, we have lots of WHA news, including a report on the very first WHA player draft, the Bernie Parent situation becomes even more muddled (will he jump to the WHA or won’t he?) and a pair […]
A Week in the Life of a Sports Agent
Our latest 50 Years Ago in Hockey podcast is up at The Hockey Podcast Network! https://link.chtbl.com/50yearsagoinhockey This week we get some great quotes from various hockey folks around NHL, we gain some insight into what a work week looks like for sports agent Bob Woolf, and we have lots of WHA news happening! #THPN
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