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

[DowntownBooster]

April 1982 - Wayne Gretzky and Dale Hawerchuk representing Team Canada at the World Ice Hockey Championships. Canada would finish the tournament (Group A) with a record of 3-2-2 and defeat Sweden 6-0 in the Bronze medal game on April 29th.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1977-79 ca - Gordie Howe of New England Whalers shoots the puck to the slot in front of Quebec Nordiques goalie Richard Brodeur.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1997 - Tampa Bay Lightning and Hartford Whalers face off during a game played during the final season for the Whalers franchise in Hartford.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1973/74 - Harry Howell of the New York Golden Blades checks Winnipeg's Bobby Hull.

 

[Killion]

^^^ Wonder how Harry felt about those skates?

 

[DowntownBooster]

^^^ Wonder how Harry felt about those skates?

Ya, I wonder. Before joining the Golden Blades for the start of the 1973/74 season, he probably thought he saw the last of the white skates when he played for California Golden Seals during the 1970-71 season. Little did he know......

 

[DowntownBooster]

Gordie Howe sharing a moment with a young fan.

 

[a79krgm]

Teddy Green, Derek Sanderson and 6 con men.

I would definitely include Sanderson as one of the "con men". Philly owners make him the richest athlete in history. He repaid them by playing only 8 games and refusing to help the team with marking efforts for the new franchise. -- then got paid 1MM to get out of town.

Notice the cigarette hanging from his mouth in this photo?

 

[DowntownBooster]

1970 - Derek Sanderson serving drinks behind the bar at Daisy Buchanan's in Boston. Sanderson was a partner in the business with Joe Cimino. A year earlier he was part owner of Bachelors III at the invitation of New York Jets star quarterback Joe Namath. It was Cimino that put the bug in Sanderson's ear to open his own bar instead of splitting the profits with the other partners at Bachelors III.

 

[a79krgm]

I cringe when I see this 1983 photo of rookie Yzerman and Olympian Pat Lafontaine because I think back and wonder why didn't the North Stars select one of these future HOFs as the first pick in the 1983 draft. Instead, Minny fans got Brian Lawton.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1965-67 ca - Bernie Parent attempts to make the save as Boston's Ted Green and Montreal's Dave Balon look on.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1967/68 - Minnesota North Stars goalie Cesare Maniago watches as teammate Bob McCord looks up ice to make a pass during a game against the Los Angeles Kings.

 

[Killion]

^^^ Where do you suppose that games being played that there'd be cage fencing rather than glass & empty seats like that DB?... Seems very odd.

 

[DowntownBooster]

^^^ Where do you suppose that games being played that there'd be cage fencing rather than glass & empty seats like that DB?... Seems very odd.

Killion, I believe the game was being played in the Long Beach Arena which still had cage fencing at the time. Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke had wanted his new team to play in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (home of the NBA Lakers) but the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission, which managed the facility, had already entered an agreement with the WHL's Los Angeles Blades. This led Cooke to build the Forum. Since the Kings new facility wouldn't be ready for a couple of months into the inaugural season of 1967/68, the team started play in the Long Beach Arena.

 

[Killion]

Killion, believe the game was being played in the Long Beach Arena which still had cage fencing at the time. Kings owner Jack Kent Cooke had wanted his new team to play in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (home of the NBA Lakers) but the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission, which managed the facility, had already entered an agreement with the WHL's Los Angeles Blades. This led Cooke to build the Forum. Since the Kings new facility wouldn't be ready for a couple of months into the inaugural season of 1967/68, the team started play in the Long Beach Arena.

Ah yes... I do recall that now. Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense.

 

[DowntownBooster]

2001/02 - Kris Draper of the Detroit Red Wings gets caught up by a stick as Maple Leafs goalie Corey Schwab looks on.

 

[Albatros]

Fetisov, Larionov

 

[SealsFan]

1973/74 - Harry Howell of the New York Golden Blades checks Winnipeg's Bobby Hull.

WOW!!!!!!!!

 

[SealsFan]

^^^ Where do you suppose that games being played that there'd be cage fencing rather than glass & empty seats like that DB?... Seems very odd.

That is a 67-68 PRE-SEASON game... you can tell because Minnesota has a slightly different "N" logo than what they eventually adopted. This was the initial version of the logo but it was changed by the time the regular season started. Notice the serif at the top left corner of the "N" is pointing DOWNWARD...
Plus, both teams are in their DARK jerseys...

 

[SealsFan]

Ya, I wonder. Before joining the Golden Blades for the start of the 1973/74 season, he probably thought he saw the last of the white skates when he played for California Golden Seals during the 1970-71 season. Little did he know......

I'd have to go searching but I'm pretty sure I made a post here once of all the players who wore white skates for two different pro teams. Along with Howell there were about 5-6 other Seals who wound up with the Golden Blades...

 

[Killion]

That is a 67-68 PRE-SEASON game... you can tell because Minnesota has a slightly different "N" logo than what they eventually adopted. This was the initial version of the logo but it was changed by the time the regular season started. Notice the serif at the top left corner of the "N" is pointing DOWNWARD...
Plus, both teams are in their DARK jerseys...

Oh ya, so it is... "different N logo".... also those socks their wearing dont look like the ones I remember which werent multi striped like that.... and the band running down the pant, that was wider was it not? Quite a few subtle differences if you really check it out actually..... Good eye their SF.

 

[Double]

The pic of Gretzky celebrating a goal against Al Smith of the New England Whalers also features former Minnesota North Star Gordie Roberts, leaning on the net.

 

[Double]

That is a 67-68 PRE-SEASON game... you can tell because Minnesota has a slightly different "N" logo than what they eventually adopted. This was the initial version of the logo but it was changed by the time the regular season started. Notice the serif at the top left corner of the "N" is pointing DOWNWARD...
Plus, both teams are in their DARK jerseys...

Was going to reply the exact same thing. I corroborate, Seals Fan!

 

[Double]

I cringe when I see this 1983 photo of rookie Yzerman and Olympian Pat Lafontaine because I think back and wonder why didn't the North Stars select one of these future HOFs as the first pick in the 1983 draft. Instead, Minny fans got Brian Lawton.

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This is enough to make a grown man, who has lost his favorite hockey team, flat out heave-cry in an inconsolable manner.

Even today, I can't bear to watch NHL Network's "On The Fly" when that weasel Lawton is on.

 

[FerrisRox]

This is enough to make a grown man, who has lost his favorite hockey team, flat out heave-cry in an inconsolable manner.

Even today, I can't bear to watch NHL Network's "On The Fly" when that weasel Lawton is on.

Remember when Brian Lawton briefly wore #98 creating the obvious comparisons to Gretzky? Talk about putting unnecessary pressure on yourself!