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

[Doctor Coffin]

Gilles Gilbert, Curt Fraser, Greg Smith. Even as a Hawks fan I loved those one-year 1982-83 Maska Red Wings uniforms with the Arabic style numerals and the reversed colors on the winged wheel.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

17 year old Clark Gillies of the Double A Covington Astros in 1971.

 

[SealsFan]

Are there any other teams that have incorporated their city’s skyline into their jersey like that?

Partial skyline for the WHA New York Raiders home jersey...

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Partial skyline for the WHA New York Raiders home jersey...

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Many WHA jerseys were really underrated.

 

[Terrier]

Northeastern looks at replacing venerable arena

The Huntington News reports that Northeastern is considering whether to build a new arena to replace Matthews Arena, which in its more than 100 years of history has been home to not just Northeastern teams but, back when it was called the Boston Arena, the Celtics and Bruins. Read more.

www.universalhub.com

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Bob Gainey with the Epinal Écureuils from the 1989-90 season.

 

[JimXVX]

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Bob Gainey with the Epinal Écureuils from the 1989-90 season.

What’s the backstory on someone with a resume like his finishing out his career by randomly playing a few games for a 2nd division team called the Squirrels in a hockey backwater?

 

[MarkusKetterer]

What’s the backstory on someone with a resume like his finishing out his career by randomly playing a few games for a 2nd division team called the Squirrels in a hockey backwater?

He got offered a boatload of money to be their player-coach.

 

[VanIslander]

Google Image Result for https://media1.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/original/29602080/wings_111197_standof_1_1_.jpeg

 

[Staniowski]

Savard, Lapointe, Richard, Lafleur.

Kelly, Horton, Beliveau.

Orr, Lemaire, Dryden, Robinson.

 

[Staniowski]

Tikkanen, Kurri.

Lawton, LaFontaine, '83 Draft.

 

[JimXVX]

He got offered a boatload of money to be their player-coach.

OK that would do it I guess!

 

[Gilles Meloche]

 

[Gilles Meloche]

 

[Gilles Meloche]

Guess the goalie…

 

[snuffelapagus]

Guess the goalie…

Reese the Piece?

 

[Gilles Meloche]

Reese the Piece?

David Schill

He was born in Kitchener Ontario. Schill spent 4 years in the OHL playing with the London Knights, Toronto Marlboros, Hamilton Dukes and finally for his hometown Kitchener Rangers where he backed up Mike Torchia. On February 1 1992, the Toronto Maple Leafs depth chart was tested. Rick Wamsley was forced to leave the team with the news of his father's passing. Felix Potvin was next in line, but he was down with an injury. Damian Rhodes received the call but he was snowed in on the east coast. The call went out to Schill who was playing with the Brantford Smoke of the CoHL. He was at the airport in Toronto ready to catch a flight and replace Rhodes in Newfoundland on an emergency basis. The Leafs redirected Schill to Maple Leafs Gardens to backup Grant Fuhr in a game against the New Jersey Devils that evening.

Post courtesy of: NHL Goalie Hub on June 24, 2023

 

[Tarantula]

Today in 1959, Rangers goalie Marcel Paille became the first NHL goalie to attempt to use a full "modern" face shield mask.​

 

[Staniowski]

Willie Mays and Jean Beliveau.

 

[The Panther]

Ronnie and Nancy meet Jari Kurri, c. 1993.

Jari: "So... you're a retired right-wing President who believes in tax shelters for the rich and destroying the unions... May I introduce you to my young friend, Teemu...?"

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Ronnie and Nancy meet Jari Kurri, c. 1993.

Jari: "So... you're a retired right-wing President who believes in tax shelters for the rich and destroying the unions... May I introduce you to my young friend, Teemu...?"

lol these pics of celebrity locker room visits from the 80s and 90s are wild

 

[VanIslander]

Uh

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Both jerseys are criminally underrated IMO

 

[The Panther]

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Both jerseys are criminally underrated IMO

I'm gonna have to disagree with you, there.

That Pens' one with with the big robo-Penguin was all right -- I think the Penguin-logo there is better than the typical (rather wimpy-looking one) that they previously and typically use. However, the mid-90s-ish design details on it are very unattractive. There are too may colors (as is typical of this mid-/late-90s period of re-designed jerseys). I don't want to see gray on a Penguins' jersey! There are at least 5 different tones on Lemieux's chest, which is at least 2 too many for a hockey jersey.

And those Blues one from c.1995-1997... UGH!! They looked like dog-crap. There is WAY too much red on those jerseys. Ideally, there is no red whatsoever on a St. Louis Blues' jersey. Jersey lines at odd angles (like those red lines under the blue-note) just look terrible. Then, the angle of all those lines crowds out the blue-note itself, shrinking its space, and making the jersey look crowded and "busy", which is always a bad look for a hockey top.

I personally liked the Blues' jerseys more around the late 80s (?) when they were much simper and dispensed with the red entirely:

But at least Mike Keenan (in one of his more sober moments) had the good judgement to refuse to allow his club to wear this:

 

[VanIslander]

Both jerseys are criminally underrated IMO

Criminally overrated by ya!