Great Hockey Photos You've Just Seen for the First Time!

[BadgerBruce]

.... ya, and just look at that evil smile on his face... you reckon he's massaging that players spleen with his pointy filed down razor sharp blade DB?.... Ha?...... cuz thats what I'm thinkin.

There's a t-shirt available online that says, "Guns Don't Kill People. Gordie Howe Kills People."

Which I find hard to believe, given how well he cleaned up ...

 

[VanIslander]

Gawd I'm addicted to this...

This Jack Adams trophy winner coached a 2nd-tier national team to within minutes of the greatest Olympic upset in hockey history, until Shea Weber notched the difference in the third period.

This is one of the greatest/most artistic/original hockey goaltender photographs I've ever seen (and I hadn't seen it before 2 minutes ago):

If you don't web surf, you should! 78% of Internet users rarely do.

 

[BadgerBruce]

I'm rarely the sort who gets into any of the "best of" debates, but I don't mind saying in this thread that the most entertaining/acrobatic goaltender I have ever seen remains Roger Crozier.

Check this out:

 

[BadgerBruce]

Though Eddie Shack was also pretty entertaining . . . can just see him at the annual company picnic in the piggyback races. This shot is The Entertainer hitching a ride on the back of Seals' Gary Ehman.

 

[VanIslander]

A member of "The Kid Line" (the youthful 4th line with Adam Graves and some slacker center not worth mentioning) in Edmonton in 1990 in their last Stanley Cup championship postseason, left winger Martin Gelinas went on to impress in Vancouver with Linden as his linemate (and when the NHL ironman Trevor became injury prone suddenly, Gelinas said "He went from the Ironman to the Tin Man", one of the greatest hockey quotes I've ever witnessed live. Here he is a traitor and has become one of the Flames:

 

[Killion]

I'm rarely the sort who gets into any of the "best of" debates, but I don't mind saying in this thread that the most entertaining/acrobatic goaltender I have ever seen remains Roger Crozier.

Yes indeed. His performances in 65 & during 66's Playoffs in particular one of the greatest goaltending exhibitions Ive ever seen. Ranks right up there with Sawchuk vs Hull & Chicago in the 67 Leafs-Blackawks Semi-Finals, Dryden in 71 & all that followed. No argument from me if you rank it "All Time Most Entertaining Acrobatic Goaltending Display" as it truly was absolutely amazing... and all due respect to Hasek who like Crozier at his peak there for a couple of years was every bit the Contortionist and who also at times like Hasek years later was a Master of the Unorthodox when he had to be.... never stopped fighting, never said die.

 

[VanIslander]

 

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[Howie Hodge]

Nice to see so many unique Gordie Howe photos -- I'll add one more.

This is Howe recovering in the hospital after suffering a fractured skull in March, 1950. That is some pile of fan mail!View attachment 80587

A skull fracture which caused a life long twitch for Gordie; and thus formed his nickname "Blinky..."

 

[Howie Hodge]

Beauty and the Beast......

 

[BadgerBruce]

Two pictures of Terrible Ted I'd not seen before. I put them together here because of the contrast -- bruised-knuckles Ted and gentle-hands "Father Ted." Boy, what a player and born leader Lindsay was.

These are from 1954.

 

[BadgerBruce]

This is absolutely one of my favorites on this thread. Thanks for finding and posting it. Just look at those doe-eyes! Wonderful shot.

 

[VanIslander]

I'm not so into the personal lives of players, never have been. Crazy hot hockey fans however, well, they're part of the game!

 

[BadgerBruce]

How could I forget pillow-fight Ted?

 

[VanIslander]

I'd seen the video of Malkin's flying goal at the world championship, but never the photograph:

 

[VanIslander]

MMA hockey fight? I have no idea what's happening here,... but I'm lovin' it.

 

[greyraven8]

Not great pic but a little unusual - from online Toronto Star article.
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2014/08/08/tso_heads_to_europe_for_first_tour_in_14_years.html

"When the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performed in Finland in 1986, its members were soundly thrashed in a friendly hockey game.
Sir Andrew Davis, then music director of the TSO, dropped the puck that began the lopsided contest. A special cargo crate carried all the skates and sticks from Canada for the event."

 

[VanIslander]

^^^^ Did they play against hockey players or fellow symphony musicians?

I'm suddenly reminded of:

 

[VanIslander]

This 6'3 210 lbs. HHOFer was a Hart trophy winner and two-time Stanley Cup champion with Original-Six Era teams. He died at age 72 in the media lounge at Pacific Coliseum during the 1st intermission of a Vancouver Canucks game. The Canucks wore "BABE" on their jerseys for the remainder of the season in honour of him. In 1998, he was ranked number 96 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. His six assists as a defenseman remains an unsurpassed NHL record.

 

[K Fleur]

Guy Lafleur after scoring his 1000th NHL point in 1981. With a then 15 year old Mario Lemieux in attendance right behind him.

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

VanIslander is right. This is a bit addictive and it's hard to stay away with so many great photos out there.

1920 - Go Nats !

1925/26 – Portland Rosebuds. I dig the old fellow on the left. Who is that?

1950s – C’mon boys, let’s go - Rocket Richard leading his men

October 5, 1963 – Toronto vs All-Stars – Bernie Geoffrion (# 5) and Bobby Hull (# 7) storming in on Johnny Bower (# 1). Doug Mohns (# 19) in the background. Probably a famous shot, but I can not recall having seen it. Plenty of brylcreem used that night

1960s – Here comes Johnny ! - John Ferguson (# 22) flanked by Claude Provost (# 14)

1960s – Jean Beliveau and Phil Esposito

1971-72 ca – Dynamic duo - Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle

1972-73 ca - Rogatien Vachon. I've seen similar, but I can not recall having seen this one

1972/73 - Jim Dorey (New England) & Guy Trottier (Ottawa) during the inaugural WHA season

1973-74 ca – Bobby Orr (# 4) throwing himself to the ice in a vain attempt to stop Guy Lafleur (# 10) from shooting. Carol Vadnais (# 10) and Terry O’Reilly (# 24) in the background

1974 – Welcome to North America ! – Gordie Howe and Aleksandr Gusev

1973-75 ca - Scotty Bowman and Pete Mahovlich

1970s – Classic Dave Schultz who looks like he just got out of the hair salon, tangling with an unknown opponent

1982-83 ca - Gretzky’s office. Dave Lewis, the captain (# 25), Jerry Korab (# 4) and Marcel Dionne (# 16) are the LA players

1983 - Tretiak and the Gretzky clan

1984-85 ca – Wayne Gretzky and a young Mario Lemieux

2014 - Raleigh, North Carolina

2014/15 - Montreal is on the board thanks to Brendan Gallagher (# 11)

2015 - Pond Hockey at the great wall

2016 - John Scott and daughter

2017 – The KHL club Khabarovsk "Amur", also called “The Tigers" and their “mascot”

 

[Killion]

^^^ Wow. More fabulous photo's, all of them, superb..... No idea who the ancient Rosebud might be.... and ya, "lots of Brylcreme" in use in that action shot involving Bower, and the picture itself looks a bit "odd". Like its been re-touched. Johnny with the unnatural looking white hair, Hull & others... too much "sheen" in their hair to be natural. No problem as its a wonderful shot but me thinks "enhanced" somewhat, possibly damaged & restored or maybe just over-exposed a tad.... That one of the kid in the Nats sweater really jump off the screen. Gothic.... interesting angles on everything else. Beliveau vs Esposito on the draw, Orr on Lafleur etc.... Bengal Tiger, shot from Raleigh.... John Scott.... Very nicely done RGO. Thanks!

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

1936-38 ca – Eddie Shore and Charlie Sands after a hard-fought game

1948 – I believe this photo is after Elmer Lach had won the scoring title. Rocket Richard raising Lach's arm

1950s ca – Doug Harvey in total control

1966 – Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe

March 7, 1968 – Larry Zeidel stick fight vs Eddie Shack. I’ve only read about it, a legendary and vicious encounter. First time I see photos of it. I wonder if the NHL would impose a lifetime ban today

1969/70 – Rare Michel Brière photo, this one from a different angle than previously posted in the thread

1969-70 ca - Bill Speer, a trained barber giving a 25 cent haircut to Bobby Orr

1978 - Wayne Gretzky while a member of Indianapolis during his eight game stint there

April 25, 2006 – Kerry Fraser protecting Vincent Lecavalier from Zdeno Chara (# 3)

May 16, 2011 – Finland winning its first World Championship title in 16 years.
The Finns celebrated like only they can. A not so sober goaltending coach for Finland, Pasi Nurminen (Ex-NHL'er) came crashing down the stairs from the airplane at arrival in Helsinki, dropping the World Championship trophy. I have seen this from other angles, but not this one

February 15, 2014 – T.J. Oshie, shootout wizard. Here against Russia at the Olympics

2014/15 - Drew Doughty hit on Mike Santorelli

2015/16 - Auston Matthews while playing in Switzerland

March 3, 2016 – Henrik Lundqvist is not a happy camper