50 Years Ago In Hockey

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In our 94th regular podcast episode, we have a few notable player signings to report, we learn how former Hab Ralph Backstrom is liking Southern California and we learn about a rookie who aspires to make his mark with the Flyers after being drafted from the Bruins.



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In episode 95 of our podcast we talk a bit about various player signings, including some confusion around Bobby Orr’s contract, we learn that an NHL on-ice official has retired to move to the broadcast booth and we will discuss how a few NHL teams will be using computers to collate and analyze scouting data.

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In this week’s show, we learn about Bobby Orr’s new contract finally being announced (although when it was actually signed remains a matter for investigation); we get an insight into the personality of new Flyers broadcaster Pat (Red) Shetler, and we are given some more information on the NHL’s never-ending battle to curb (but not totally end) bench-clearing brawls.

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We kick off the third season of the 50 Years Ago in Hockey Podcast with some big stories: the Penguins hand out the biggest contract in their brief history; we get lots of news from teams regarding signing players and getting ready for training camps, and we will learn of a sudden change in the ownership structure of the Toronto Maple Leafs that will shape the fortunes of the team for decades to come.

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In this week’s show, we talk about teams making preparations for training camp, we give the California Golden Seals a little more attention than they deserve, but it was, after all, hockey news, and the greatest player who ever lived hung up his skates after an illustrious career.

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In a very busy Episode #99, we have a ton of news from various NHL training camps, we find out why Gordie Howe did not attend the first week of the Red Wings training camp, and we get some insight into what sort of training regimen the NHL on-ice officials were experiencing 50 years ago.

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In our 100th weekly episode we talk about further developments in NHL 1971 training camps, we find out about a Flyer defenseman who leaves camp considering retirement, and the WHA is getting closer to becoming a real thing.

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In this special Overtime episode, we look in great detail at the creation of the World Hockey Association from a number of different perspectives as we review the fledgling league’s progress to the end of September, 1971.

50 Years Ago In Hockey

 

[The Hockey Podcast Network]

In this week’s episode we learn a little more about the disputed trade between the Black Hawks and Golden Seals, we ask the question “will there ever be a 100-goal-scorer in an NHL season?” and we get to know the legendary hockey man Rudy Pilous thanks to an interview conducted by Terry Jones of the Edmonton Journal, 50 years ago this week!

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The NHL’s 1971-72 regular season finally gets underway and we have all the details in this week’s show with reports on two games. We also have a progress report on the WHA and some news from the Penguins that wasn’t good for some of the team’s veterans.

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This week we talk a lot about the mess that is the California Golden Seals, including a coaching change, we wonder if Gordie Howe is thinking about coming back to the Red Wings, and we have lots of coverage of the death of Toronto Maple Leafs president Stafford Smythe.

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In our 104th show, we learn of a trade between the Red Wings and Seals, we hear of a tongue-in-cheek plan to host the Stanley Cup finals at the Orange Bowl in Miami Florida, and Harold Ballard assumed control at Maple Leaf Gardens, a day that will forever live in infamy for Maple Leafs Fans.

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In this week’s episode we have more NHL coaching changes, we get more news from the WHA and a young goalkeeper makes a very auspicious debut after being traded to a new team.

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In this week’s episode we have more turmoil with the Detroit Red Wings, the Kings make a trade to get the goalkeeper they desperately need, and the fledgling World Hockey Association makes a big announcement!

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November 8-14, 1971: NHL Announces Expansion

In this week’s show, we talk about some players who are injured in hockey fights, we learn of a career minor-league hockey player who was basically blacklisted by an NHL GM and we get all the details from the NHL’s announcement of their expansion by two clubs, who will join the league in the fall of 1972.

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In this week’s show, we have lots of trades to tell you about, also a crazy, unfortunate off-ice injury to a St. Louis Blues player, and some WHA news as well!

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In this week’s show we have more WHA news, the Seals figure they have been taken advantage of in another trade, and Stan Fischler tells us the Canadiens were all wrong about Bobby Sheehan.

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In our 110th weekly episode, we talk about Sabres’ rookie Richard Martin having last June’s Amateur Draft all figured out, we get word of a Toronto - Boston trade brewing, and we learn of the retirement of my very first hockey hero, and the time I first met him.

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December 6-12, 1971: Who’s Jumping To The WHA?

In this week’s show, we find out that several NHL players, including some of the biggest names in the game, are receiving significant offers to jump to the WHA next season, even Gordie Howe’s name is mentioned. We also hear that Tom Webster’s hockey career might be in jeopardy because of that back injury, and the Northern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake honours some of its native sons who have made their marks in the NHL.



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In this episode, we learn of the Jr A Toronto Marlboros efforts to get Gordie Howe’s other hockey-playing son Mark to join his brother Marty on the team, we talk about a couple of NHL trades that happened this week, and we take a close look at Roy Edwards and the Penguins other two goalies, Jimmy Rutherford and Les Binkley.

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In our 113th weekly episode we have more WHA news on several fronts, we learn about a very bad junior hockey team in Southwestern Ontario, and we have a feature on one of my favourites - Gump Worsely!

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Following hospitalization and a brief period of silence, Terry Sawchuk's death shocks the hockey world, and the press scrambles to catch up.



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