You can look at the Nov. 25, 1950 program lineups for the Habs and Leafs and see a few cool things. This was Montreal’s 20th game of the season, and they would lose 4-1 to the Leafs in Toronto on this night. (Okay, that wasn’t so cool). Gerry McNeil is in goal for Montreal in his rookie [...]

Derry has probably solved the question of who the little tin goalie is because of the identical gloves on each hand. Bill Durnan was ambidextrous and would at times switch hands. I had compared Durnan’s photos to the tin man yesterday and decided it wasn’t him. But I was going by the face, not the [...]

As we await the Habs’ obliteration of the Florida Panthers on Thursday night, I thought I would give a brief intermission look at a friendly, popular, and important member of the Montreal Canadiens from days gone by.  The photo above shows early 1950′s Habs’ goaltender Gerry McNeil playing for his St. Fidele bantam team in Limolou, Quebec circa 1939. That’s him [...]

The old program sits on a shelf in my spare room (a room I’ll show you very soon), and it’s quite a program if I do say so myself. It’s from the 1941-42 season in the Quebec Senior Hockey League featuring a game between the Montreal Senior Canadiens and the Montreal Royals, and what’s especially [...]