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Eddie Shack and Gordie Howe  Eddie Shack was a big player at 6`1" 195lb. and many who played against him knew that when he hit you - it hurt.

Gordie Howe (Mr. Elbows) was a hard ...

Phil Esposito  A few days after the first round Stanley Cup knock out of Chicago by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1967, Phil Esposito said to his team mate Bobby Hull, "our ...

Thats a Mouth Full  One of the goalies for the Toronto Marlboros Bruce Gamble,during the 1965 training camp was telling his fellow goalie Gary Smith. He was scheduled for ...

Last Captain  Bill Duran played goal for the Montreal Canadian`s.
In the 1947-48 season he was made captain of the Canadian`s, he was the last goalie to captain his ...

Powerful Montreal Canadians  In 1956-57, any player off for a minor penalty was allowed to return after a goal was scored by the opposition.

This rule change was put in place because ...

Hat Trick  On March 23,1952. Bill Mosienko of the Chicago Black Hawks, scored three goals in 21 seconds and 45 seconds later hit the post. .

That record that ...

Goalie crime  Back in the thirties a Toronto Maple Leaf goalie, Harry Lumley, hit the opposing player incredibly hard.

It was so bad that police led him away mid-...

An interesting way to buy players for NHL teams  Before 1963, there was an interesting way to buy star players for NHL teams.

Up and coming players 16 or older could be signed to a team using what ...

Gretzky  After a game by the Great One, he and the rest of the team were signing autographs before boarding a bus to the airport when they were informed it was ...

Bobby Orr has a rich conscience  Bobby Orr was a great player and a gentleman during his entire career. When he was traded from Boston to the Black Hawks,his many knee operations brought ...

The problem for this Toronto Maple Leaf Goalie  One of the Toronto Maple Leafs goalies in the 40`s was Frank McCool. As it happened, he had an ulcer that often bothered him during games.

So... he ...

Doug Gilmour - Hot stuff  When he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Doug Gilmour was incredibly popular with the ladies.

So much so, that during the 1992-1993 season alone,...

Penalties  The rule for a two minute penalty is: if a goal is scored the player comes back on the ice to play. But, long ago, the rule was that the player stayed ...