Archive for the ‘Fascinating facts’ Category
Since I began this blog, I’ve had an ongoing series called “Fascinating Facts’, which are various little tidbits and are all true. Here’s a compilation of many of them as I get ready to go to Calgary to see my kids: I once phoned Hall of Famer and ex-Hab Bert Olmstead in Calgary just to [...]
August 31, 2009 in Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins, Conn Smythe, Don Cherry, Doug Harvey, Fascinating facts, Gordie Howe, Howie Morenz, Ken Dryden, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks
Tags: Bert Olmstead, Bill Barilko, Bill Durnan, Bobby Orr, Don Cherry, Doug Harvey, Glenn Hall, Gordie Howe, Hanson Brothers, Ken Dryden, Maurice Richard, Rick Ley, Toe Blake, Turk Broda, Turpin Pontiac | 7 Comments »
Right now, 36 years ago in 1972, Team Canada was not having a nice time with the Russian National Team. They were clobbered in Montreal and booed in Vancouver. They were tired and frustrated, and things looked bad. But in they end, as we all know, they pulled it out. But it wasn’t just on-ice things going on. [...]
September 17, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Fascinating facts, International Hockey, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: 1972 Summit Series, Bobby Orr, Buffalo, Carl Voss, Copenhagen, Dennis Hull, Ed Johnston, European cities, Harry Sinden, Maurice Richard, Montreal, Moscow, Paris, Punch Imlach, Russian National team, Stockholm, Team Canada, Valeri Kharlamov, Vancouver, Whipper Billy Watson | No Comments »
Fascinating Fact #1…..Kyla Bremner, a woman wrestler competing for Australia in this year’s Beijing Olympics, is a native of my town, Powell River, BC. She’s on the Australian team because her mother is Australian. But make no mistake, she’s a Powell Riverite. Fascinating Fact #2……I recently saw a documentary on Russian Czar Peter the [...]
August 11, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Fascinating facts, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: 1972 hockey, astrology, Australia, BC, Beijing Olympics, boxin, Canada-Russia Summit Series, Darrly Sittler, Fascinating facts, Golden Gloves, Green Bay Packers, hockey, Hugette Richard, Kyla Bremner, Maurice Richard, Monte Farber, Montreal Canadiens, New York Giants, New York Yankees, NHL, Paul Henderson, Peter the Great, Powell River, Russia, Russian Czar, Russians, San Francisco Giants, Super Bowl, The Rocket, Toronto Maple Leafs, Valeri Kharlamov, Verdun junior hockey team, Wendy Sittler, World Series, wrestling | 2 Comments »
Fascinating Fact #1. I asked my wife who the most handsome player in the NHL is, and she said it’s a tie between Jose Theodore and Sheldon Souray. She also said, however, that Max from Dancing With The Stars beats everybody. Everybody but me, I think she said. Fascinating Fact #2. Babe Ruth transcends all [...]
July 19, 2008 in Fascinating facts, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake
Tags: American Hockey League, Babe Ruth, chewing tobacco, Chicago Blackhawks, Dancing With The Stars, Frank Patrick, Habs, hockey, Jack Dyte, Jose Theordore, Lester Patrick, Montreal Canadiens, New York Yankees, Noel Price, Princeton University, Sheldon Souray, Stanley Cup, Toe Blake, Tony Lazzeri, Vancouver, Victoria | 8 Comments »
Fascinating Fact #1 I saw Bobby Orr twice in my home town of Orillia. Once, when I was sitting in the park down by the lake, he and his wife strolled by. He had a hockey school with Mike Walton in Orillia at this time. The other was out at one of the local beverage [...]
April 27, 2008 in Bobby Orr, Fascinating facts, Gary Lupul, Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks
Tags: Bobby Orr, Clark Gillies, Cliff Thorburn, Edmonton Oilers, Gary Lupul, Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, Hanson Brothers, John French, John Muckler, Mike Walton, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Forum, New England Whalers, New York Islanders, Northland Coliseum, Orillia, Richard Brodeur, Rick Ley, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, WHA, World Hockey Association | 11 Comments »
Fascinating Fact #1. It’s just what I always suspected. Patrick Roy is a moron. Fascinating Fact #2. In the early 1940′s the Montreal Canadiens were bringing in less fans than the senior league Montreal Royals. The Habs were averaging only about 1500 people in those days. Fascinating Fact #3. Guess what changed in Montreal? What [...]
March 26, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Fascinating facts, International Hockey, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Bill Collins, Canada-Russia Summit Series, Dave Keopn, Detroit Red Wings, Frank Mahovlich, Guy Charron, Jim Pappin, Marcel Bonin, Maurice Richard, Mickey Redmond, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Royals, Patrick Roy, Rocket Richard, Steve Shutt, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 Comments »
Fascinating Fact # 1 I owned a sports bar for awhile in Powell River, and during this time the infamous Hanson Brothers came to town for a promotional thing at the arena. Afterwards, they came into my pub and at midnight, I locked the doors and drank beer and talked hockey with them until about [...]
February 28, 2008 in Fascinating facts, Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Bill Barilko, Buffalo Bisons, Detroit Red Wings, Don Cherry, Foster Hewitt, Frank Mahovlich, Gerry Cheevers, Hansen Brothers, Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens, Red Storey, Rochester Americans, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs | 5 Comments »
Facinating Fact #1. Montreal drafted Mark Napier instead of Mike Bossy. Fascinating Fact #2. Scotty Bowman, when coaching the Habs in the 1970′s, would usually be a real miserable soul after the team had won. But when the team lost, he was a nice, happy person. The general consensus was that Scotty liked to play games [...]
January 15, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Fascinating facts, International Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, Uncategorized
Tags: Dan Maloney, Doug Risebrough, Mark Napier, Mike Bossy, Scotty Bowman, Toe Blake, Turk Broda | 3 Comments »
Fascinating fact #1. Bep Guidolin played his first NHL game in 1942 with Boston. He’s the youngest player ever to play in the league, at 16 years old. Fascinating fact #2. Floyd Curry attended his first Montreal Canadiens training camp in 1940 at just 15. He didn’t make the team but it’s still quite a feat. [...]
January 2, 2008 in Fascinating facts
Tags: Booby Orr, Johnny Bower, Maurice Richard | 3 Comments »
Facinating fact #1. In Ottawa in the 1970′s, there was a tremendous fastball team called Turpin Pontiac (maybe they still exist), who were one of the best ball teams in Canada. They had a horn-rimmed glasses-wearing pitcher named Joe Belisle who looked like Dennis the Menace’s father. He probably weighed about 140 pounds and skinny [...]
December 21, 2007 in Fascinating facts, Montreal Canadiens
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