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I Think I’m Going To Have A Green Beer And Toast The Richard Riot
I know I don’t have to go into detail about what happened on this day, March 17, in 1955. (53 years ago). On second thought, maybe a little detail. Because it was, after all, a really big deal. It...
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A Brief Bee Hive Moment: Hal Laycoe’s Big Night With The Rocket
From 1934 to 1967, if you mailed in a Bee Hive Corn Syrup coupon, they would send you a free photo of most any player you requested. They were divided into three groups over the years, and this photo...
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Even Soup Got Into The Act With Upset Fans
When Clarence Campbell suspended Maurice Richard for the remaining games of the season and all of the playoffs in March of 1955, he was not a popular man. And that’s an understatement to end all...
View ArticleIs That A Hockey Player In My Living Room?
If the Washington Capitals walked unannounced into your living room, would you know they were the Caps or at least recognize anyone besides Alex Ovechkin and Jose Theodore? Maybe Brendan Morrison...
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The Campbell/Richard Slight Disagreement
I went back to my posts from the past several years regarding the Richard Riot which took place on St. Patrick’s Day 56 years ago. If you’ve already read these, hope you don’t mind. When Clarence...
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Extra, Extra, Read All About It – Part Seven -1973
For the last eight Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup wins, from 1971 to 1993, I managed to save the front pages and laminate them. (Although one, from 1977, is an inner page). This is part seven – 1973...
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Lots In The Lineups
You can look at the Nov. 25, 1950 program lineups for the Habs and Leafs and see a few cool things. This was Montreal’s 20th game of the season, and they would lose 4-1 to the Leafs in Toronto on this...
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What Players Had To Do
I pulled cards from my 1954-55 set to show you examples of what players back then did for summer jobs, which you can see on the last line of each player description. This was long before a players...
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Tragic End For Ross Lowe
This is number two of the three Bee Hives I found on eBay recently, with only one left to go to complete the 73-player Group 2 set. The first of the trio, that I posted last week, was Doc Couture. And...
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Soup Riot
When Clarence Campbell suspended Maurice Richard for the remaining three games of the season and all of the playoffs in March of 1955, he was not a popular man. To say the least. Of course Clarence...
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Soup Riot
When Clarence Campbell suspended Maurice Richard for the remaining three games of the season and all of the playoffs in March of 1955, he was not a popular man. And of course Clarence wasn’t popular....
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Tragedy Struck Ross Lowe
Ross Lowe was a defenceman who came over to the Habs from Boston in a 1951 trade which sent Hal Laycoe to Beantown. Laycoe of course would later become synonymous with the infamous Richard Riot in 1955...
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