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

[DannyGallivan]

Rangers score!View attachment 435794The Rangers we see are Walt Tkaczuk and Steve Vickers (8). The Bruins are Bobby Orr (4), Don Awrey (flopped), Phil Esposito and Jacques Plante.

That is truly a photo I've never seen before. I've never seen Orr, Espo and Plante as Bruins at the same time. Especially an in-game action shot. Spectacular.

 

[DannyGallivan]

Had the lights been on, this would have been a terrific image.View attachment 435793Here we see Gark Doak, Dunc Wilson and John McKenzie.

I've always loved flash photography in vintage hockey games. Of all sports, hockey looks best with flash photography.

 

[DannyGallivan]

View attachment 435355Pens vs Isles, 1972-73 season. Ever wonder why Al McDonough has an unusually high voice?

Lot of empty seats.

 

[DannyGallivan]

Terry RuskowskiView attachment 432393Terrific playmaking center/centre who - despite being not very big (5' 10" 176 pounds) - usually came away from board meetings and scrums in front of the net with the puck. Only once missed the 100-PM mark in a full season - twice hit the 200-PM mark.

Should have been a protected Jet when Winnipeg entered the NHL.

 

[DannyGallivan]

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)

...and yet, they all have their charm.

 

[tarheelhockey]

December 5, 1980. Inside the Westbury Hotel in Toronto.View attachment 435846The day before the game December 6 at Maple Leaf Gardens, the Nordiques arrive. Here we see Jamie Hislop, Peter Stastny and his brother Anton - a trio often seen together on the ice.

Guessing that "halo" is to help create contrast for a headshot?

 

[Mandar]

That is truly a photo I've never seen before. I've never seen Orr, Espo and Plante as Bruins at the same time. Especially an in-game action shot. Spectacular.

I agree....wonderful picture. I'm thinking it could be from the '73 playoffs.

 

[DannyGallivan]

I agree....wonderful picture. I'm thinking it could be from the '73 playoffs.

Jacques played two games with Boston in the '73 playoffs (losing them both), although he went 7-1 in eight regular season games that year. The Rangers kicked the Bruins 4-1 in the quarter finals.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

December 5, 1980. Inside the Westbury Hotel in Toronto.View attachment 435846The day before the game December 6 at Maple Leaf Gardens, the Nordiques arrive. Here we see Jamie Hislop, Peter Stastny and his brother Anton - a trio often seen together on the ice.

Pretty dapper for three wild and crazy guys!

 

[Davenport]

Remember the NHL's first expansion? After the 1967-68 season, the two divisions had their own all star teams. Here we see the West Division's representatives in 1970. Any familiar faces?

My hat's off to anyone who can correctly name everyone seen in this photo.

 

[Davenport]

Remember the NHL's first expansion? After the 1967-68 season, the two divisions had their own all star teams. Here we see the West Division's representatives in 1970. Any familiar faces? My hat's off to anyone who can correctly name everyone seen in this photo.

Here are the names I think I recognize: top row (L - R): Gary Sabourin, Bobby Clarke, Danny O'Shea(?), Claude Larose, Bill White and Dean Prentice
middle row: Danny Grant, Carol Vadnais, Harry Howell, Jim Roberts, J.P. Parise, ? and ?
bottom row: Bill Goldsworthy, Bob Woytowich, Jacques Plante, Scotty Bowman, Bernard Parent, Barclay Plager and Red Berenson

 

[Davenport]

Lester Patrick, eat your heart out.

Patrick sure got a lot of PR mileage out of donning the pads for his New York Rangers. Meanwhile, look at Jack Egers here. In net without pads, and without skates. With a cigarette in his mouth.

 

[DJ Man]

December 5, 1980. Inside the Westbury Hotel in Toronto.View attachment 435846The day before the game December 6 at Maple Leaf Gardens, the Nordiques arrive. Here we see Jamie Hislop, Peter Stastny and his brother Anton - a trio often seen together on the ice.

Looks as if some editor marked this with a grease pencil, suggesting that the layout guy crop the head and shoulders of the middle man for a mug shot.

 

[Davenport]

For Yvan Cournoyer

winning the Stanley Cup never got old.

 

[Davenport]

Quite the quintet

Future Hall of Famers Jacques Lemaire, Frank Mahovlich, Jean Beliveau, Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe.

 

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[Davenport]

Marty Pavelich

Played ten seasons in the NHL - all of that time with the Detroit Red Wings (1947-48 to 1956-57). During that period, the Wings finished first in the regular season seven straight seasons, reached the Stanley Cup Final seven times, and hoisted the Cup four times.

 

[Davenport]

Bill Quackenbush (older brother of Max)

Played 14 seasons in the NHL - 7 with Detroit, 7 with Boston. Bill was an All Star defenseman who was noted for the clean game he played (winning the Lady Byng Trophy once, and being in contention for it other seasons). Four times he made it to the Stanley Cup Final (three times with the Wings) but was never able to hoist the Cup.

 

[The Panther]

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Every Flames fans' nightmare image in the 1980s.

I recall Gretzky's first game in Calgary as a King. He told local media, "I'm sure I'll be the same as I've always been here -- public enemy number one...".

 

[tarheelhockey]

This high school ref has had enough.

From the Toronto Star archives, 1969.

 

[95Tal]

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One of my favorite photos.

Does anyone know if there's a rule in the NHL now that bans colored skate-blade holders? I used to love seeing those blue holders on Gretzky as an Oiler, and the black ones after the trade to LA. Because every player now only sports white, I have to think it's a rule.

 

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[Davenport]

Happy to be in Cleveland?

Jeff Allan spent his entire NHL career (4 games) with the Barons. In 1977-78, Cleveland was just one of the five stops Allan made. Besides his four games with the Barons, he spent two games with the Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA, six games with the Phoenix Roadrunners of the CHL, eight games with the Hampton Gulls of the AHL, and 42 games with the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL. Jeff also appeared in 17 playoff games with the Goaldiggers, and hoisted the Turner Cup as a member of the IHL's champions.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

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RIP Modano

 

[Davenport]

Following the 1970-71 season, the Seals traded Dennis Hextall - who had led the team in points and penalty minutes - to the Minnesota North Stars for Joey Johnston and Walt McKechnie. Johnston had 15 goals and 32 points in 1971-72, and McKechnie had 11 goals and 31 points. The loss of forwards like Gerry Pinder, Bobby Sheehan and Wayne Carlton to the WHA meant lots of top-six minutes for Joey and Walt in 1972-73, resulting in Johnston leading the Seals with 28 goals and McKechnie leading the team with 54 points. In 1973-74 - as we see above - Johnston led the Seals in goals, assists and points. McKechnie had 23 goals and 52 points (third on the team).