Great photos in hockey history you've just seen for the first time (Part III)

[Johnny Engine]

This is the natural reaction to most 70s-designed logos. The only reason we don’t think this way about the Canucks’ stick-in-rink or the Islanders’ blob-in-a-circle is because we’re used to them.

The Seals logo isn't from the 70s, of course, being from 1967.
The two trends I identify with the late 60s and 70s are:
1. Extreme minimalism, as in the Canucks, Flyers or Flames. (See also, the Sharks, Nationals, Stags and Blades in the WHA, and to a different extent the North Stars and Nordiques). The Flyers obviously did that best as far as coming up with an identifiable mark that was suitable for the various things a sports logo is used for, but I don't think the Canucks did it too badly. I wouldn't miss it if it was gone, and I think the biggest thing it has going for it is that the team never did manage to stick the landing on anything better. Great logo approach if you can nail it, it's not always easy.
2. Stuff in a circle. Hate it. I don't understand why anyone likes the logos originally used by the Islanders, Scouts or Jets, and the Sabres logo is just OK (at least there's some design harmony in the way the animal is placed between the crossed swords. The Penguins logo is much better without the circle, and the Sabres could probably look better without it too (a company called Celsius did a concept in the mid aughts with a front-facing bison head above crossed swords and no circle - the illustration was typical overworked 90s stuff, but the concept was on point.) There's nothing quite like the very first Jets logo, which is apparently a defenseman getting turnstiled by a plane, Mario/Bourque-style.

The original Seals logo is an absolute car crash that manages to combine the worst aspects of minimalism (it barely looks like a seal at all) and stuff-in-a-circle (the elements have no harmony whatsoever, and if you just glanced at the logo at a distance it'd look like nothing other than a dull green circle with some white bits on it)

 

[tarheelhockey]

The Seals logo isn't from the 70s, of course, being from 1967.
The two trends I identify with the late 60s and 70s are:
1. Extreme minimalism, as in the Canucks, Flyers or Flames. (See also, the Sharks, Nationals, Stags and Blades in the WHA, and to a different extent the North Stars and Nordiques). The Flyers obviously did that best as far as coming up with an identifiable mark that was suitable for the various things a sports logo is used for, but I don't think the Canucks did it too badly. I wouldn't miss it if it was gone, and I think the biggest thing it has going for it is that the team never did manage to stick the landing on anything better. Great logo approach if you can nail it, it's not always easy.
2. Stuff in a circle. Hate it. I don't understand why anyone likes the logos originally used by the Islanders, Scouts or Jets, and the Sabres logo is just OK (at least there's some design harmony in the way the animal is placed between the crossed swords. The Penguins logo is much better without the circle, and the Sabres could probably look better without it too (a company called Celsius did a concept in the mid aughts with a front-facing bison head above crossed swords and no circle - the illustration was typical overworked 90s stuff, but the concept was on point.) There's nothing quite like the very first Jets logo, which is apparently a defenseman getting turnstiled by a plane, Mario/Bourque-style.

The original Seals logo is an absolute car crash that manages to combine the worst aspects of minimalism (it barely looks like a seal at all) and stuff-in-a-circle (the elements have no harmony whatsoever, and if you just glanced at the logo at a distance it'd look like nothing other than a dull green circle with some white bits on it)

What makes the Canucks stick logo kind of work is that it's actually minimalist, like the Portland Trailblazers logo of the same era.

The Seals logo feels like it probably started with a minimalist concept in an early draft, and people just kept adding things until it was abstract but not minimalist at all.

 

[Johnny Engine]

What makes the Canucks stick logo kind of work is that it's actually minimalist, like the Portland Trailblazers logo of the same era.

The Seals logo feels like it probably started with a minimalist concept in an early draft, and people just kept adding things until it was abstract but not minimalist at all.

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[Davenport]

Meal time with Minnie Shaw. Mrs. Shaw lived a block from the Olympia, and - through an arrangement with the Detroit Red Wings - housed and fed many of the Wings through the years. At her table here, we see Gordie Howe, Bob Goldham, Metro Prystai, Ted Lindsay, and Marty Pavelich. There are at least four other diners seated there.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Meal time with Minnie Shaw. Mrs. Shaw lived a block from the Olympia, and - through an arrangement with the Detroit Red Wings - housed and fed many of the Wings through the years. At her table here, we see Gordie Howe, Bob Goldham, Metro Prystai, Ted Lindsay, and Marty Pavelich. There are at least four other diners seated there.View attachment 402387

Amazing find... I had no idea this photo existed.

Minnie Shaw is one of those examples of how hockey history is not always about what happened at the rink. The relationships that formed and dissolved under her roof fundamentally shaped the Wings franchise during their golden years.

 

[Davenport]

Here we see Bobby Orr and Wayne Maki.

 

[Davenport]

When Don Cherry used to talk about French Canadian hockey players being soft, I used to think about Rosaire and his brother Wilf.

 

[Staniowski]

Howie.

 

[Davenport]

Defenseman

Albert Langlois. Played more than 500 games in the NHL (counting playoffs), and earned himself three Stanley Cup Rings.

 

[Davenport]

Gary Bergman. For the "casual fans" of hockey, Gary was probably the biggest and most pleasant surprise of the 1972 series between Canada and the Soviet Union.

 

[Davenport]

Defenseman Dick Redmond. In his first full season in the NHL - 1971-72, with the California Golden Seals - he had 10 goals and 45 points. The next season, he scored 12 goals and had 44 points. His best season for points - 59 - came in 1973-74 with the Chicago Black Hawks. In 1976-77 with them, he scored 22 goals.

 

[Davenport]

Sextet of stars: Roger Crozier, Claude Provost, Jacques Laperriere, Norm Ullman, Pierre Pilote and Bobby Hull

 

[Staniowski]

 

[Davenport]

Bernie Parent with the Maple Leafs.

 

[DannyGallivan]

Sextet of stars: Roger Crozier, Claude Provost, Jacques Laperriere, Norm Ullman, Pierre Pilote and Bobby HullView attachment 403145

Mad Men

 

[DannyGallivan]

Meal time with Minnie Shaw. Mrs. Shaw lived a block from the Olympia, and - through an arrangement with the Detroit Red Wings - housed and fed many of the Wings through the years. At her table here, we see Gordie Howe, Bob Goldham, Metro Prystai, Ted Lindsay, and Marty Pavelich. There are at least four other diners seated there.View attachment 402387

This reminds me of that scene in Goodfellas when the boys drop by Pesci's mom's house for a midnight dinner, while having the guy they hit locked in the trunk.

 

[DannyGallivan]

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Must have been practice, with Worsley wearing the different jersey.

 

[Davenport]

Another 1970s mustache. This one belongs to Dave Keon.

 

[Davenport]

Derek Sanderson was one of the first players to sport a mustache in the NHL.

 

[Davenport]

Steve Vickers

 

[Staniowski]

Ankara, Turkey, 1937.

 

[Staniowski]

Tim Horton and Hap Day. This is at Conn Smythe's gravel pit on Jane Street in Toronto. The pit is now part of Smythe Park.

 

[Davenport]

Look at the look Dallas Smith is giving Ron Harris. Harris - one of the first NHLers to use weights - was hard as a rock, and famous for low hip checks. Such a hit - just before this photo was taken - has Phil Esposito on the ice. He - Esposito - would not finish the game, game two of the 1972-73 quarter-finals, or the series - which the Rangers would win four games to one.

 

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Look at the look Dallas Smith is giving Ron Harris. Harris - one of the first NHLers to use weights - was hard as a rock, and famous for low hip checks. Such a hit - just before this photo was taken - has Phil Esposito on the ice. He - Esposito - would not finish the game, game two of the 1972-73 quarter-finals, or the series - which the Rangers would win four games to one.View attachment 404082

Although Boston somehow won game 3 at MSG in their first game without Espo, the rangers still won all 3 games at the Boston Garden after going 1-5 there in prior playoff series

 

[Davenport]

You don't need a boxscore to see that the Bruins are losing another game. This is an image from the 1966-67 season - Bobby Orr's rookie season - when Boston lost 43 of 70 games. You can see the future Hawk - Pit Martin - on the bench, and Tommy Williams, Orr and Ron Stewart - who was wishing he was back in Toronto (where he earned himself three Stanley Cup rings). Harry Sinden is behind the bench.