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Looking back on the first meeting between the Habs and Jets
With the Habs set to meet Winnipeg Jets 2.0 tonight, here's a look back at a post I did when word broke that the Atlanta Thrashers were moving north. Being the nostalgic and hockey historian that I am, I thought it was worth looking back at the first meeting between the Montreal Canadiens and the...
I'm Saving Hockey: A BTN May 22nd Recap
Maybe I missed it: did the world end yesterday? On the contrary for the NHL, as in one fell swoop it appeared to take care of two serious problems in the league: warm-weather teams and ugly jerseys. The Atlanta Thrashers, at least according to my Weekly World News, are moving to Winnipeg. Well,...
It's Time To Acknowledge The WHA
On this day 32 years ago the Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets faced off in Game 6 of the 1979 Avco Cup Final. On that night the Jets would defeat the Oilers 7-3 to win their second Avco Cup in a row and third in four seasons. You read that right, the Jets beat the Oilers. If the you're not...
I'm Saving Hockey: A BTN March 27th Recap
I'll never forget the first day I saw them: November 4th, 1967 was a quiet Saturday in Oakland, and I had been fortunate enough to get tickets during my R&R for two brand new expansion teams, the Penguins and the Seals. Settling into my seat at the simply-named Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum...
New York Cosmos: Why MLS may not be the endgame
The news of Eric Cantona's hiring by the New York Cosmos to become their new Director of Soccer has sent a ripple through the soccer world and has the famous old North American Soccer League team name in the news again. Brian Straus has a great lead to his story for Fanhouse.com. Members of the...
Light Reading for the Holiday Weekend
Nothing too heavy on this Christmas Eve / Ashura +8 / Hanukkah +14 / Kwanzaa -2 / Pancha Ganapati / Bodhi Day +16 / Not-Important Day (Atheism)... Researching for my upcoming posts always brings up tidbits of information that make me say things like "Oh, it would be fun to talk about this," or...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Eras
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together the top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer...
Blueshirts By the Numbers: Number 15: Anders Hedberg
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Blueshirt Banter Radio Today at 2 PM with Ulf Nilsson!
Today at 2 PM, a special matinee edition of Blueshirt Banter Radio, we'll be joined by former New York Ranger Ulf Nilsson. Ulf spent parts of four seasons with the Rangers, after defecting from the WHA's Winnipeg Jets with Anders Hedberg. We'll talk to Ulfie about his days with the Rangers, the...
Our Forgotten First Overall
When Steve Tambellini and the Edmonton Oilers stride to the podium in a couple of weeks and make their choice between Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin, they will (in all probability) be making their first ever selection at first overall in the team's NHL history. The Oilers have picked pretty high...
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