Not a lot to say about Vern Kaiser, who is number three of the trio of Bee Hives I picked up recently. (I only need Tod Campeau to complete things now – 73 in all). Kaiser played 50 games with Montreal during the 1950-51 season, plus two games in the playoffs, and that was it. [...]

This is number two of the three Bee Hives I found on eBay recently, with only one left to go to complete the 73-player Group 2 set. The first of the trio, that I posted last week, was Doc Couture. And now today – Ross Lowe. Ross Lowe was a defenceman who came over to [...]

Recently I had yet another birthday and my wife Luci suggested I go on the internet and buy something for myself, which I thought was a great idea. So I found a George Robertson Bee Hive and bought the sucker. She also took me out to a pub, where I found several beer and bought [...]

I’ve mentioned before that I’m very proud of my Habs Bee Hive Group 2 (1944-64) collection. I have more than 70 of these old photos that we would we would collect when we were kids by sending in Bee Hive syrup labels, and last year Danno got wind of the handful of old Habs I [...]

Danno, whose name is mentioned often on this site because he’s a regular reader, commenter, and advisor, and who often sends me great and interesting links and videos, asked me once about what Bee Hives I happened to be missing. I have more than 70 of the 77 Montreal Canadien Beehives from the Group 2, 1944-64 series, and [...]

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 [...]

You can see in my previous post One Player’s Claim To Fame that forwards and defencemen for old Eagle table hockey games from the 1950′s featured the face of Habs journeyman Dick Gamble. But was there a real player whose face was copied for the little tin goalie? Here’s the goalie, and thanks to this eBay site for the use [...]

Eagle table hockey games in the 1950′s used the same Montreal Canadien guy for all their players except the goalie. This guy – (Thanks to this eBay site for the use of the photo) And whose mug did they use? This guy -  Dick Gamble. (photo from my Beehive collection).

Another little ditty from my Bee Hive collection as we wait for the Habs to destroy Chicago on Tuesday. Roger Leger was not only in the running to replace Dick Irvin as coach of the Canadiens, a job Toe Blake was eventually given, but also managed to get his bridgework stuck in his throat one night against Detroit in [...]

This is my Bee Hive collection from the 1944-64 series (Group 2). Beehives were part of my youth and I would nag my mom to buy lots of Bee Hive corn syrup so I could remove the labels at the top and send them to the St. Lawrence Starch Company and get my free pictures. The [...]