Today in hockey history, a team that frequents the TDIHH segment often wins another championship, a different team wins its first Cup, a city loses a team to another city, a Hall-of-Fame goalie sets a playoff record, and one of the most extraordinary performances in playoff history. May 25, 1978 – The Canadiens beat the Bruins 4-1 in Game 6 ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a franchise wins its first Cup on its way to becoming a dynasty, a team you see a lot here of winning Cups wins a Cup, a ridiculous playoff game that ends in one of the most unimaginable ways, and those same teams battle in the Finals again with similar results just two years later. May ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a family changes affiliation to another team in probably not the conventional way you’re thinking of, a team changes its name, a player wins an award that may not be prestigious but is very honorable, a team blows another team’s doors open, and a coach actually breaks a Scotty Bowman record. May 23, 1977 – Gordie ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, the official birth of two NHL teams, a playoff win chock full of impressive records and milestones, a crazy winning streak, an individual extends his team-record streak, and a goalie who does something never done before by a goaltender. May 22, 1970 – After being verbally told that they would be awarded NHL franchises, the cities ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, two dynasties win Stanley Cups in streaks in which they each won four in a row, Canada gets a new team and a very notorious location in the NHL loses one, and a team blows another team’s doors open on their way to their first Stanley Cup. May 21, 1979 – The Canadiens beat the Rangers ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a man who played 22 seasons on the same time is born, a goal scoring frenzy, an overtime win sets a new record, a player/mummy who played a ton of games, and one of the most interesting games in NHL history where the goal scoring took a back seat to weird. May 20, 1940 – Hall-of-Famer ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, the first non-Original Six team since 1935 to win the Cup, a Stanley Cup victory for one team ends a dynasty’s streak, a defenseman sets a playoff scoring record, and a notorious GM ends his tenure with one team and begins with another. May 19, 1974 – The Flyers beat the Bruins 1-0 in Game 6 ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a Cup win means a great accomplishment for a rookie, a defenseman sets the bar high for players in his position and for all players in general, a dynasty finally loses, a super-fast goal, a birthday boy passes Gretzky on the all-time list (although that wouldn’t last), and Wayne extends a different record after reclaiming the ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a goalie finally does something that no goalie has ever done before, two very impressive records are set in a Finals game, a dynasty wins another Cup, and a very famous European player does some work in the playoffs. May 17, 1979 – Montreal’s Ken Dryden became the first goalie to score a point in the ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a coaching legend begins his career, a team is swept in the Finals but it’s certainly not the fault of one player, another Finals sweep wins a Cup and sets a milestone for the United States, and one of the most iconic goals in Red Wings, and possibly the entire NHL’s, history. May 16, 1927 – ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, an Original Six team is born, a blockbuster trade involving a player that was involved in two huge trades in his career, a notorious Flyer retires and immediately finds work in management, a long game, and two related records set on the same day by two different teams. May 15, 1926 – The NHL officially granted ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a player’s death means the birth of an award to honor that man, a Stanley Cup victory, an impressive yet not-so-impressive playoff record, a team moves to a different arena, and another team moves to a different arena with a bit of a, uh, twist. May 14, 1927 – The Canadiens donated the “Vezina Memorial Trophy” ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, the salary cap goes down way before you even knew the salary cap existed, a little bit about the history of the hockey stick, Gordie Howe wins an award, a playoff overtime first, and a team [finally] advances to the Finals for the first time in their history. May 13, 1933 – The NHL Board of ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, an undrafted player gets picked up by a team that never regretted their decision, a ridiculous domination by a very notorious team, a milestone for a Blues’ great, and that same player gets involved with a string of overtime games that eventually lead to good things for him. May 12, 1984 – The Maple Leafs signed ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a player comes close to setting the record for playoff goals, a Stanley Cup victory makes a player the fourth to record an accomplishment and the first for another, Jaromir Jagr with a Penguins first, the longest game in a team’s history that wasn’t actually that long, and a Hall-of-Fame goaltender sets a record. May 11, ... Read More »
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