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

[DowntownBooster]

1969/70 - Bobby Hull of Chicago in action against Rick Ley (2) and Bruce Gamble (30) of Toronto

 

[Chief Nine]

Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau drops the puck for Canada's Phil Esposito and Vladimir Vikulov of the Soviet Union to open the 1972 Summit Series.

Is that Russian guy 12 feet tall? Jeez!!!

 

[DowntownBooster]

1970/71 - Gary Smith (California Golden Seals) makes a pad save on John Ferguson (Montreal Canadiens). This would be Ferguson's final season playing in the NHL.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1967-69 ca - Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe lining up against the Oakland Seals

 

[DowntownBooster]

1978/79 - Marcel Dionne wearing the Los Angeles Kings all-yellow uniform in action against Montreal's Serge Savard

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

I call this series of photos for UNSTOPPABLE
Several better photos that would fit this category have already been posted here, but what the heck...


KOVALCHUK

Former NHL’er Ilya Kovalchuk (# 17) powering his way through Maksim Kondratyev (# 63) and Aleksei Byvaltsev (# 28) in the KHL


LAFLEUR

Guy Lafleur (# 10) is hooked from behind, but is savvy enough to just block it with his glove. Dan Quinn (# 10) in the background


LEMIEUX

Mario Lemieux (# 66) in total controll and unfazed by the slash from Al Iafrate (# 34)


MAcLEISH

Rick MacLeish (# 19) storming forward while Pekka Rautakallio (# 4) tries to stop him, reaching out with his arm and leg


MEEHAN

Not on my watch buddy ! - Bob Woytowich (# 2) using every trick in the book to halt Gerry Meehan (# 15)


ORR

Bill McCreary (# 15) and Noel Picard (# 4) are desperately trying to stop Bobby Orr (# 4).
Picard fails miserably and McCreary is holding on for dear life


OSHIE

Tim “ T.J.” Oshie (# 77) is totally focused on the puck as Oskar Sundqvist (# 40) is unsuccessful in trying to stop him


RICHARD

Barry Wilkins (# 4) and Gary Doak (# 2) using the cross-stick defense against “The Pocket Rocket” Henri Richard (# 16)


STAMKOS

Not so fast there Stevie ! - Drew Doughty (# 8) utilizing all the strength in his body to slow down Steven Stamkos (# 91)


WENSINK

Enforcer John “Wire” Wensink (# 18) is smooth as a cat when he dances past future Hall of Famer Serge Savard (# 18)

 

[The Panther]

1993 – No it's not Marion "Cobra" Cobretti, it's just Doug Gilmour, the biker

What makes this great is not only the novelty of 'Gilmour-as-biker-dude', but also the 50s car next to him! Like a scene from The Wild One.

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

1955-56 ca – Left to Right - Doug Harvey – Claude Provost – Gordie Howe – Ted Lindsay

1965-67 ca - Jean Beliveau on the faceoff. Arnie Brown (# 4) watching

May 24, 1980 – How sweet it is ! – Bob Nystrom

1982-84 ca – Jack O’Callahan desperately trying to stop Wayne Gretzky

May 24, 1987 – Mike Krushelnyski scoring against Ron Hextall

April 7, 2007 - Mats Sundin trying to split between Sheldon Souray and Andrei Markov

October 19, 2011 – Dion Phaneuf (# 3) and Phil Kessel (# 81) celebrating a goal

March 3, 2013 - Patrick Kaleta (# 36) received a five game suspension for this check into the boards against Brad Richards

May 24, 2013 - TJ Galiardi colliding with Matt Greene

March 24, 2014 - Alexei Emelin hip checks Milan Lucic

May 10, 2017 – Ooops, was that a soap or a puck? - Jake Guentzel and Matt Niskanen (# 2)

October 26, 2017 - Brendan Smith hitting the boards

 

[DowntownBooster]

1979/80 - Jim Craig of the Atlanta Flames in action against the Colorado Rockies

 

[Killion]

^^ Geez I liked that guy... Jim Craig .... like he left everything on the ice in Lake Placid ... conquered Everest & that was that.... then had a huge Rep to live with .... not completely uncommon as weve seen it at various times over the years & decades with players coming out of elite amateur to Junior, Junior & NCAA to pro, internationally..... transition to the pro game rocky to say the least for Jimmy .... gotta feel for him.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1976/77 - Wayne Merrick (9) and Bob Girard (26) of the Cleveland Barons in action against the New York Islanders

 

[DowntownBooster]

^^ Geez I liked that guy... Jim Craig .... like he left everything on the ice in Lake Placid ... conquered Everest & that was that.... then had a huge Rep to live with .... not completely uncommon as weve seen it at various times over the years & decades with players coming out of elite amateur to Junior, Junior & NCAA to pro, internationally..... transition to the pro game rocky to say the least for Jimmy .... gotta feel for him.

I agree. He played only 30 games in the NHL over parts of 3 seasons with a GAA of 3.78 during his time. Such high expectations placed on him but unable to measure up to them.

 

[Killion]

I agree. He played only 30 games in the NHL over parts of 3 seasons with a GAA of 3.78 during his time. Such high expectations placed on him but unable to measure up to them.

Yeah, and from what Ive read he did struggle mightily with the expectations placed on him which I think were unfair. I watched him really closely during the 80's Olympic Games & frankly he made me pretty nervous at times, clearly lacking some fundamentals & did get lucky on numerous occasions. He was incomplete but had tremendous potential. Too much was expected of him too soon. Unfinished product yet they just threw him into the deep end like he was a finished product. The idiots wrecked him. Gets all lit up, once confidence is gone, can be a total killer for a goalie. Waste really.

And say.... myself, never much cared for the Barons "look", jerseys etc. Looks like it was all done on the cheap to me.

 

[DowntownBooster]

January 1979 - Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe in action during the 3 game series between the WHA All-Stars and Moscow Dynamo. The WHA All-Stars would win all 3 games: 4-2 (January 2), 4-2 (January 4) and 4-3 (January 5). All games were played at Edmonton Coliseum.

 

[Terrier]

From 1973 to 1989, the Beanpot tournament had the same four coaches. Left to right: Len Ceglarski(BC), Fernie Flaman(Northeastern), Jack Parker(BU) and Bill Cleary(Harvard).

 

[VanIslander]

Is that Russian guy 12 feet tall? Jeez!!!

That pick was from the face off of the 1972 Summit Series.

Here is a Soviet giant of the here celebrating winning 1981 Canada Cup team. I believe it's Zhluktov, who had tied Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin for scoring in the 1976 Canada Cup despite playing less games.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1972/73 - goalie Gerry Cheevers of the Cleveland Crusaders in action against the New York Raiders

 

[VanIslander]

When looking for the Soviet celebration photo of the 1981 Canada Cup I came across this photo of tourney-leading-scoring Gretzky in a position of extreme disappointment, showing he was no stranger to the feeling he had in the 1998 Olympics.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1997/98 - Dan Cloutier of the Rangers taking it to Tommy Salo of the Islanders while players on both benches look on.

 

[Killion]

... cant give you a "like" on that one DB.... cant stand the sight of seeing goalies fighting.

 

[DowntownBooster]

... cant give you a "like" on that one DB.... cant stand the sight of seeing goalies fighting.

No problem Killion. I only included that one because it was odd to see 2 goalies fighting with no one else around them. Not really a fan of it either.

 

[DowntownBooster]

March 31, 1971 - prior to the game, Maple Leafs captain Dave Keon presents Gordie Howe with a silver tray in recognition of Howe's upcoming retirement at the end of the season. Both players would later become teammates as members of the New England Whalers (WHA) and then Hartford Whalers (NHL) with Howe retiring a second time following the 1979-80 season.

 

[SealsFan]

Now what's going on here? That Canuck in the background has the logo for the home whites on his jersey! And appears to have some patch on his shoulder that the other players don't have! Hmmm... a pre-season game perhaps with patched-up jerseys for the "scrubs" not likely to make the team? "V" design on the sleeve places this in 70-71 or 71-72...

 

[SealsFan]

1969/70 - Bobby Hull of Chicago in action against Rick Ley (2) and Bruce Gamble (30) of Toronto

Before goalies had the idea to widen their equipment to fill up more of the net, guys like Gamble and Dave Dryden took to wearing muttonchop sideburns to slow down any pucks that might go whizzing past their ears...

 

[canuck2010]

When looking for the Soviet celebration photo of the 1981 Canada Cup I came across this photo of tourney-leading-scoring Gretzky in a position of extreme disappointment, showing he was no stranger to the feeling he had in the 1998 Olympics.

Yes quite historically important as it is the only time a Russian or Soviet hockey team ever won a best on best competition against Canada.