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I am paying for access to a large online Newspaper archive, and decided to look up some old-timey hockey stories for fun.
Cyclone Taylor was one of the League's first superstars, who played Cover-Point and later Rover, and according to descriptions of his play he was the Bobby Orr of his day. No doubt Orr himself would have been a Rover himself if the position still existed in his day.
The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · 20 Dec 1909
The most famous story involving Cyclone is his joking declaration that he would score a goal going backwards before a February 1910 match between his Renfrew Creamery Kings and Ottawa.
The Ottawa Citizen 11 Feb 1910
Cyclone was the target of Ottawa's fans, having left that team just a few months previously. He did not score the goal in the next game, described as "the most exciting hockey struggle on record".
The Ottawa Citizen 14 Feb 1910
The Ottawa Citizen Feb 14, 1910
but he did manage to score the goal in a subsequent match a month later when the Creamery Kings beat up Ottawa 17-2.
The Ottawa Journal 09 Mar 1910
Cyclone Taylor was one of the League's first superstars, who played Cover-Point and later Rover, and according to descriptions of his play he was the Bobby Orr of his day. No doubt Orr himself would have been a Rover himself if the position still existed in his day.
The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · 20 Dec 1909
The most famous story involving Cyclone is his joking declaration that he would score a goal going backwards before a February 1910 match between his Renfrew Creamery Kings and Ottawa.
The Ottawa Citizen 11 Feb 1910
Cyclone was the target of Ottawa's fans, having left that team just a few months previously. He did not score the goal in the next game, described as "the most exciting hockey struggle on record".
The Ottawa Citizen 14 Feb 1910
The Ottawa Citizen Feb 14, 1910
but he did manage to score the goal in a subsequent match a month later when the Creamery Kings beat up Ottawa 17-2.
The Ottawa Journal 09 Mar 1910
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