The other day the phone rang and it was my old friend Ron Clarke, and although he lives in the Kitchener/Waterloo area, he was in Vancouver visiting his 34 year old daughter who has terminal lung cancer. Ron and I go back further than any other of my other friends as we were childhood buddies and [...]
August 12, 2010 in Bobby Hull, Chicago Blackhawks, Don Cherry, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: AHL, Billy Dea, Bob Pulford, Bobby Baun, Bobby Hull, Buffalo Bisons, Dave Keon, Don Cherry, Frank Mahovlich, Fred Stanfield, Gilles Marotte, Jim Gregory, King Clancy, Monsignor Lee, Rochester Americans, Ron Clarke, St. Michael's College, Stan Mikita, Tim Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 Comments »
I dug this out of a box only because I was looking for something else and good old Larry Wilson jumped out instead of Tim Daly, legendary trainer of both the Toronto St. Pats and the newborn Toronto Maple Leafs. So I’ll continue my hunt for Tim Daly’s autograph which I have somewhere, but in the meantime……. This is [...]
June 30, 2010 in Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Don Cherry
Tags: Buffalo Bisons, Don Cherry, Larry Wilson, Rochester Americans, Tim Daly | 1 Comment »
Jim Pappin was an important forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs when they were winning Cups and doing big things all those years ago. From 1963 to 1968, Pappin bounced back and forth between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Rochester Americans, won a couple of Lord Stanley’s, and eventually retired in 1977 after playing with several teams [...]
December 27, 2009 in Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks, Empress Hotel, George Imlach, Jim Pappin, Kawartha Golf Club, Peterborough, Punch Imlach, Rochester Americans | 7 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 »