FeedOld-Time Hockey – And I Mean Old
July 21, 2011 in Aurele Joliat, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs Tags: Ace Bailey, Aurele Joliat, Detroit Cougars, Dit Clapper, Eddie Shore, Howie Morenz, Lester Patrick, Montreal Maroons, NY Americans, Pittsburgh Pirates
1929 was the time of Howie Morenz, Eddie Shore, Ace Bailey, Aurele Joliat, Dit Clapper, Lester Patrick, and so many greats of the game.
It was a ten-team league at this time – Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, the Montreal Maroons, and the NY Americans in the Canadian Division, and Boston, the Rangers, the Detroit Cougars, Chicago, and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the American Division.
This minute and a half home video from 1929 features Chicago and Toronto, and is a fascinating little look at the good old hockey game from so long ago. (And back then, it was the Chicago Black Hawks, not the Chicago Blackhawks. The name was altered in the 1980′s.)
And the ice cleaners at the end of the clip are something to behold.
July 21st, 2011 at 10:24 am
that’s a great clip, especially the ice cleaners. it almost looks as if we could have played in the nhl then…………. i didn’t realize the black hawks changed to blackhawks so recently. why did they do that?
July 21st, 2011 at 10:31 am
Hobo, here’s what Wikipedia says – in 1985–86, while going through the team’s records, someone discovered the team’s original NHL contract, and found that the name “Blackhawks” was printed as a compound word as opposed to two separate words (“Black Hawks”) which was the way most sources had been printing it for 60 years and as the team had always officially listed it. The name officially became “Chicago Blackhawks” from that point on.
July 21st, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Dennis, those ice sweepers were really entertaining.
They put the bone in Zamboni
July 21st, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Amazing old footage.
That ice without modern refrigeration and Zambonis was still better than Florida’s. I’d also love to see the Panther Ice Dancers doing that ice cleaning.