http://www.thelatesthockeynews.com Autographed Hockey Memorabilia Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:17:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thelatesthockeynews.com/toews-chicago/ http://www.thelatesthockeynews.com/toews-chicago/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:17:31 +0000 jerry http://www.whitewoodtattoo.com/thelatesthockeynews.com/toews-chicago/ http://www.thelatesthockeynews.com/toews-chicago/feed/ 0 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-766542305910718120Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:14:00 +00002012-02-22T05:14:00.060-05:00 Steve Downie Up until this season Steve Yzerman was very much considered to be the general manager with the golden touch. Everything he touched turned to gold, quite literally in the case of the 2010 Team Canada's Olympic team which he managed.  Yzerman entered last season as a rookie general manager in Tampa Bay, albeit the most heralded young GM in the game. Through some aggressive signings http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/lightning-struck-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-2425013765772587572Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:47:00 +00002012-02-22T03:47:00.671-05:00 1934 - Lionel Hitchman played his final NHL game in a 3-1 Bruins' loss to Ottawa, the team with which he started his career, at Boston Garden. Art Ross declared his jersey #3 retired at the conclusion of the game. 1956 - Lou Fontinato set a new NHL penalty minute record; his 169 PIM for the season broke the old record of 167 set by Red Horner in 1935-36. 1959 - Ted Lindsay scored his 6th and http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-22nd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-3454276353027359433Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:19:00 +00002012-02-21T20:19:24.213-05:00Alex Burrows I know the rest of the league hates Alex Burrows. But I truly believe if you knew the long odds he has over come, knew the quality person he is off the ice, and were able to watch him objectively over a period of time, that every hockey fan could only have the highest respect for Alex Burrows. Sure he's an agitator. But his play his clutch and his hockey sense is elite. Don't believe me? Is it http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/alex-burrows-improbable-nhl-career.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-6296017131947967743Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:15:00 +00002012-02-21T07:15:15.881-05:00Sedin Twins Vancouver's Sedin twins are truly something special to watch. Their magical symmetry is unparalleled. Daniel and Henrik are hockey artists in the truest sense of the word. The NHL certainly has it's fair share of sibling rivalries over the years. But it is rare to see two (or more) brothers excel together on the same team. Which raises the question: Are the Sedins the best brother duo to ever http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/hockeys-best-brother-acts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-5958466321680599264Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:05:00 +00002012-02-21T03:05:00.138-05:00 1924 - Ottawa Senators signed Frank Finnigan. 1929 - Detroit Cougars clinched their first ever playoff berth, as Clarence "Dolly" Dolson recorded the 8th shutout of his rookie season, in a 1-0 win over the Rangers, in New York. It was the first of three straight shutouts for Dolson. 1970 - Detroit's Gordie Howe picked up an assist to become the first player in NHL history to score 50 or more http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-21st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-5056516415853387810Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:45:00 +00002012-02-20T09:45:00.752-05:00Jason Spezza The Ottawa Senators have been an unexpectedly pleasant story this season. Rookie head coach Paul MacLean has the Sens in the playoff race all season long, despite surrendering the second most goals in the East. It will be interesting to see if the Sens can hold their playoff spot. Goalie Craig Anderson has a history of fading as the season progresses. If that happens the Senators will need more http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/shooting-star-jason-spezza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-1193843781461468677Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:48:00 +00002012-02-20T07:48:49.417-05:00Phil Esposito Courtesy hockey trivia king Liam Maguire on Twitter: @Liams_Hockey: Espo scored his 50th goal of season 3 times on Feb 20th, his birthday. Once against brother Tony.Unfortunately these must be tough times for the Esposito family. His daughter Carrie recently passed away suddenly. The 43 year old was the wife of former NHLer Alexander Selivanovhttp://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/phil-esposito-got-what-he-wanted-on-his.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-1485622986757912318Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:38:00 +00002012-02-20T07:38:45.378-05:00Gary Carter It was great to see Montreal honour Gary Carter before their Sunday night game against New Jersey. It somehow just happened to work out that Martin Brodeur was in town. Here's more from Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette: New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur remembers the days when Expos catcher Gary Carter would stop by the Brodeurs’ St. Léonard home, dropping in on the man who many http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/montreal-honours-gary-carter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-5806142011998218458Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:04:00 +00002012-02-20T16:42:20.536-05:00 1919 - The Toronto Arenas were allowed to cease operations due to financial difficulties. 1924 - Canadiens' fans waited two hours in the Mount Royal Arena for the Senators to arrive for their game. But they never showed! The team was stranded on a snowbound train 50 miles from Ottawa. The game was played the next night (a 3-0 Habs' win). 1926 - Montreal Maroons' goalie Clint Benedict and Alex http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-20th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-1817220594009779578Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +00002012-02-19T14:10:23.661-05:00Claude GirouxWhen the Philadelphia Flyers drafted Claude Giroux 22nd overall in 2006, Flyers legend Bobby Clarke announced the acquisition by infamously forgetting the kid's name. Ever since, and especially this season, Claude Giroux has made sure Clarke and just about everybody else in the hockey world will ever forget his name again. And in doing so he has drawn comparisons to Clarkie, the greatest Flyer http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/whats-his-name-its-claude-giroux.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-5802573487394092526Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:50:00 +00002012-02-19T13:53:02.393-05:00 1952 - The Bruins' home game was moved to 4,000 seat Boston Arena when a section of roof over the North station track platform in Boston Garden collapsed. 1977 - Rod Gilbert scored a goal and added an assist to become the first player in NY Rangers history (and the 11th in NHL history) to score 1,000 career points 1980 - Washington beat Montreal 3-1 to end the Canadiens' 34 game unbeaten http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-19th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-6985046407762206222Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:58:00 +00002012-02-18T15:58:29.087-05:00 Angela Holzer of the group  Ovarian Cancer Canada  contacted me to let me know of their most recent fundraising event.  Ovarian Cancer Canada  is auctioning off an autographed team jersey from the 2010 Olympic gold medal winning men's team. The auction is part of their upcoming  LOVE HER  event on February 23rd in Toronto. That is an amazing piece of hockey history up for grabs, and an amazinghttp://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/hockey-history-helps-to-fight-cancer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-445694347018440133Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:44:00 +00002012-02-18T11:44:42.074-05:00Hal GillBlake Geoffrion Nashville's trading of home grown Blake Geoffrion to Montreal in exchange for UFA rental Hal Gill makes for intriguing story lines on two fronts. Of course, Geoffrion has incredible hockey lineage in Montreal. He is the son of former Hab Danny Geoffrion. He is also grandson of Hall of Fame great Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion. And he is the great-grandson of Montreal hockey legend Howie Morenz. http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/storybook-trade_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-728941427764849992Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:29:00 +00002012-02-18T03:29:00.028-05:00 1918 - Montreal Canadiens' goalie Georges Vezina recorded the first shutout in NHL history, blanking Toronto 9-0. 1967 - Montreal's rookie goalie Rogie Vachon played in his first NHL game. His first shot was a breakaway by Gordie Howe. Vachon made the save. 1980 - Vancouver Canucks traded former first round picks Billy Derlago and Rick Vaive to Toronto in exchange for left winger Tiger http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-18th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-2074603876890847539Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:50:00 +00002012-02-17T07:50:51.750-05:00Joey KocurBob ProbertWas there a more feared one-two punch in the the NHL than the days when Bob Probert and Joey Kocur protected the Detroit Red Wings? I recently read an interview with Donald Brashear describing what it was like to take on Joey Kocur in a fight: "Kocur was hitting me in the helmet like a power hammer and in the end the helmet split! I remember the next day I had a terrible pain, my gums on the http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2007/04/bruise-brothers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-6601650519505996063Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:49:00 +00002012-02-17T07:49:37.528-05:00 1910 - Playing for a local senior team in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Georges Vezina made more than 60 saves to help his team to a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens. A short time later, Vezina became the Canadiens' goalie for the next 15 years. 1923 - Ottawa's Cy Denneny scored his 143rd career goal (in a 2-0 win over Montreal) to pass Joe Malone as the All-Time NHL goal scoring leader. 1927 - http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-17th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-116494711594602139Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:04:00 +00002012-02-16T11:04:47.188-05:00Pat QuinnBobby OrrNormally a 10-0 blowout playoff victory hardly ranks as memorable. But April 2, 1969 is a night that Bobby Orr, Pat Quinn and the players and fans who witnessed the night will never forget. Neither will Don Cherry, who brings this night up on an irregular basis on Coaches Corner. On that night, the intense dislike between the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs reached its peak. By the end of http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2006/11/night-pat-quinn-knocked-out-bobby-orr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-483539894454688292Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:07:00 +00002012-02-16T05:07:00.069-05:00 1923 - Foster Hewitt (hockey's first regular radio announcer) broadcast his first hockey game. Hewitt called an OHA game in Toronto on radio station CFCA. 1929 - Cecil "Tiny" Thompson recorded the 9th shutout of his rookie season as the Boston Bruins won 3-0 over the Black Hawks, in a game played at Fort Erie, Ontario. 1969 - Red Wings' center Alex Delvecchio picked up an assist to become the http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-16th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-3965943189660086984Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:52:00 +00002012-02-15T17:52:19.545-05:00Ballad of the Whiskey RobberThe Whiskey RobberI have been following the story of Attila Ambrus since the mid 1990s, when a tiny blurb in The Hockey News alerted North Americans about a goaltender who was busted for robbing banks.Now the story has turned into abest selling book, and, from the sounds of it, a soon-to-be big budget Hollywood production, very possibly starring Johnny Depp.Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heistshttp://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/whiskey-robber-adjusts-to-life-out-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-3565101768804390662Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:05:00 +00002012-02-15T04:05:00.568-05:00Gordie Howe Gordie Howe played "what he called 'religious hockey': it's better to give than to receive, " wrote Trent Frayne of Maclean's. The photo above demonstrates exactly what he means.http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/religious-gordie-howe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-4311943374135203676Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:58:00 +00002012-02-15T02:58:00.357-05:00 1922 - Ottawa's Harry "Punch" Broadbent extended his NHL-record goal scoring streak to 16 straight games, as the Senators tied the Canadiens 6-6 in Montreal. 1945 - Although the Rangers were two hours and twenty minutes late because of a late train from Detroit, they beat Chicago 6-2 at MSG in a penalty-free game that didn't begin until 10:50 PM and ended at 12:50 AM. 1946 - NHL reinstated http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-15th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-6623464994564477527Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +00002012-02-14T13:09:00.631-05:00Valentine'shttp://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/happy-valentines-day_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-4612661787399536468Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:55:00 +00002012-02-14T11:55:00.756-05:00Chris Valentinehttp://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/happy-valentines-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-2379660220949171261Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:34:00 +00002012-02-14T03:34:01.424-05:00 1896 - Winnipeg Victorias' goalie G.H. Merritt posted a 2-0 shutout to capture the Stanley Cup from the reigning champion Montreal Victorias. The game marked the first successful challenge in Stanley Cup history. 1931 - In an historic first, three assists were awarded on one NHL goal! Toronto's Charlie Conacher scored, with assists given to "King" Clancy, Joe Primeau and "Busher" Jackson, in http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/this-day-in-hockey-history-feb-14th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18260422.post-4646435106008712312Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:14:00 +00002012-02-13T06:14:00.393-05:00There's lots of talk over the years about how hard it is to score goals nowadays. Everyone chimes in with an idea, be it more athletic goaltenders, better coaching and video's impact on the game. Those are all legitimate reasons, but I have to believe one of the biggest reasons for this is just the sheer size of the goalies. Take a look at this Charlie Hodge card. Hodge was a very good goalie,http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2012/02/nhl-snipers-biggest-problem-goalie-size.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe Pelletier)1