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I'm Saving Hockey: A BTN March 27th Recap
I'll never forget the first day I saw them: November 4th, 1967 was a quiet Saturday in Oakland, and I had been fortunate enough to get tickets during my R&R for two brand new expansion teams, the Penguins and the Seals. Settling into my seat at the simply-named Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum...
Gerry Ehman
(Note - this actually was written yesterday, but I got pulled away before I could publish.) 52 years ago tonight, March 11, 1959, the Leafs had a home game they really needed to win if they wanted to keep their playoff hopes alive. Facing first-place Montreal, they got pounded 6-2. This loss put...
"East vs. West" is not the best -- NHL Re-Alignment
In 1967, with the expansion of the National Hockey League from the fabled Original Six to 12 teams, the league had to split divisions... And the resulting alignment was in an east-west format. That split was done in the most thoughtless manner as the powers-that-be refused to break up the...
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