Archive for the ‘Toe Blake’ Category
Tom at the Ryan Coke Experience suggested I do this and I thought about it and decided it might be fun. He said I should watch games from the Montreal Canadiens Memorable Games 10 DVD set, and report on them like they were live and had just happened.
So, live, from the press box in 1960, the game.
LEAFS NO [...]
June 20, 2009 in Bernard Geoffrion, Bobby Orr, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Chicago Blackhawks, Conn Smythe, Doug Harvey, Henri Richard, Hockey Night in Canada, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, NHL playoffs, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: 1960 Montreal Canadiens, Bill Hewitt, Clarence Campbell, Danny Gallivan, Doug Harvey, Elvis Presley, Foster Hewitt, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Punch Imlach, Red Fisher | 2 Comments »
Get the popcorn out and enjoy parts one, two, and three of the Montreal Canadiens all-time dream team which included Toe Blake, Jacques Plante, Doug Harvey, Larry Robinson, Dickie Moore, Jean Beliveau, and the Rocket. And as a special bonus that’ll make you laugh and touch your heart, 83 year old Aurele Joliat comes out in [...]
April 29, 2009 in Aurele Joliat, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake
Tags: Aurele Joliat, Dickie Moore, Doug Harvey, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard | 21 Comments »
I’m not going to post the infamous video of Carey Price being interviewed by Cabbie after game one of the Boston series because I don’t want to infringe on the Score. But if you haven’t seen it, you should. Just type in Carey Price/Cabbie on youtube and see for yourself.
This interview is extremely telling of a young [...]
April 27, 2009 in Bell Centre, Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake
Tags: Billy Smith, Cabbie, Cabbie/Price youtube, Carey Price, Georges Laraque, Habs, Jacques Plante, Maurice Richard, Ron Hextall, Terry Sawchuk, Toe Blake | 16 Comments »
Two legendary members of the Montreal Canadiens, Frank Selke Sr. and Bernie ‘Boom Boom’ Geoffrion pose in the old Montreal Forum in the early 1960’s.
Frank Selke left his longtime boss Conn Smythe and the Toronto Maple Leafs to join the Canadiens as managing director in 1946 and stayed with the Habs until his retirement in 1964. [...]
March 2, 2009 in Boom Boom Geoffrion, Conn Smythe, Doug Harvey, Frank Selke, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Sam Pollock, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Bernie Geoffrion, Conn Smythe, Doug Harvey, Forum, Frank Selke, Hockey Hall of Fame, Jean Beliveau, Richard Riot | 4 Comments »
When I was about 13, I took a bus from Orillia to Montreal with a friend to see the Canadiens for my first time. It was the original Forum before it was renovated in 1968, and I remember there were pillars thoughout that caused obstructed views and I remember thinking that I was glad I wasn’t [...]
February 23, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake
Tags: Montreal, Orillia, the Forum, Toe Blake's Tavern | 11 Comments »
Who is Miss Lee Dillon? And how did she come to cover the Canadiens during the 1956-57 season?
Was she there a few years earlier in March of 1955 when the Richard Riot happened?
Did she interview Henri Richard when he broke in with the Habs a year earlier?
Did she share knitting tips with Jacques Plante?
Did Boom Boom sing to [...]
January 6, 2009 in Boom Boom Geoffrion, Henri Richard, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake
Tags: Bernard Geoffrion, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Camil DesRoches, Habs, Henri Richard, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Lee Dillon, Maurice Richard, media pass for the Montreal Forum, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Plante knitting, Red Fisher, Rocket Richard, The Richard Riot, Toe Blake | 3 Comments »
What can be said about Montreal’s 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes?
It can be said that it’s the Canadiens third straight loss, for example and this has turned into a horrendous slump.
It can be said they played fairly well and had their chances.
Guillaume Latendresse scored a much-needed goal on a penalty shot.
And Alex Kovalev finally notched one, [...]
December 16, 2008 in Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Toe Blake
Tags: Alex Kovalev, Brad Meier, Carolina Hurricanes, Fred L'Ecuyer, Guillaume Latendresse, Guy Carbonneau, Habs, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, NHL referees, Philadelphia Flyers, Scotty Bowman, Stanley Cup, Stanley Cup finals | 1 Comment »
So it was one thing that I was flatly turned down in my application this summer to be a flag guy before a game at the Bell Centre. I accepted that. But what the heck was wrong with letting me be one of those dozen or so goalies who skated out for the Patrick Roy ceremony? Before [...]
November 22, 2008 in Bell Centre, Boston Bruins, Maurice Richard, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, Patrick Roy, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Alex Kovalev, Bell Centre, Boston Bruins, Danny Gallivan, Forum, Georges Laraque, gypsies, Habs, hockey, Mario Tremblay, Maurice Richard, Mike Komisarek, Milan Lucic, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Forum, New York Islanders, NHL, Patrick Roy, Rocket, Rocket Richard, Roy's seater retired in Montreal, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs, Wendel Clark | 2 Comments »
A guest writer delves into the ‘Patrick Roy’s sweater being retired’ saga.
Take it away, Jim.
“Pro sports are sexy for a variety of reasons, but perhaps their most attractive quality is that they are so readily apprehended. Things are pretty straightforward, excluding the usual geeky obsession with stats - God bless The Schwab, a brilliant trivia geek, but [...]
November 21, 2008 in Bell Centre, Bob Gainey, Detroit Red Wings, Doug Harvey, Guy Lafleur, Henri Richard, Howie Morenz, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Patrick Roy, Philadelphia Flyers, Sam Pollock, Toe Blake
Tags: Babe Ruth, Bob Gainey, Dave Andrychuk, Doug Harvey, Guy Lafleur, Habs, Henri Richard, hockey, Hockey Hall of Fame, Howie Morenz, Jacques Plante, Jean Bleiveau, Lanny McDonald, Larry Robinson, Marcel Dionne, Mario Tremblay, Maurice Richard, Mike Gartner, Montreal Canadiens, Noam Chomsky, Philadelphia Flyers, Rejean Houle, Roy's sweater being retired, Sam Pollock, Scotty Bowman, Serge Savard, Stanley Cup, Yvon Cournoyer | 16 Comments »
From the Toronto Daily Star, January 6, 1940.
It reads: “Hector “Toe” Blake, left winger de luxe and ace sniper of the deflated Montreal club which steams into Leafs at the Gardens tonight, desperate to break a losing jinx which has relentlessly pursued them. Blake recently lost a pair of his running mates when Johnny Gagnon [...]
November 17, 2008 in Montreal Canadiens, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Habs, Habs slumps, hockey fighting, hockey NHL, Johnny Gagnon, Maple Leaf Gardens, Montreal, Montreal Canadiens, New Haven, New York Americans, Red Dutton, Toe Blake, Toronto, Toronto Daily Star, Toronto Maple Leafs, Wild Bill Summerhill | 2 Comments »