Great Hockey Photos You've Just Seen for the First Time!

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Just catching up, great stuff RGO! In post 918, I'm fairly sure that's Gerry Desjardins in goal for the Isles, not Billy Smith. Desjardins wore 1, 30 and 31 during his tenure but I'm going by the mask.
 
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1918 Montreal Arena aka Westmount Arena Fire, post fire photos thanks to the McCord Museum.
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^^^ Nasty. Started with the Ice Plant according to reports. Caused some considerable difficulties for the Montreal Wanderers who had to close up shop as a result.... Its believed the Westmount Arena (built in 1898 for hockey specifically, seating 10K) was the first indoor arena built with rounded corner boards, previously everything else square..... Also a real throwback, all bleacher seating, and you could "rent" a personal rug to sit on & curl up in if feeling chilled.... had a smoking parlor etc... the maintenance man & his family provided with an apartment that was built into the joint.
 
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^^^ Nasty. Started with the Ice Plant according to reports. Caused some considerable difficulties for the Montreal Wanderers who had to close up shop as a result.... Its believed the Westmount Arena (built in 1898 for hockey specifically, seating 10K) was the first indoor arena built with rounded corner boards, previously everything else square..... Also a real throwback, all bleacher seating, and you could "rent" a personal rug to sit on & curl up in if feeling chilled.... had a smoking parlor etc... the maintenance man & his family provided with an apartment that was built into the joint.

Wanderers did not have to close shop. They tried to leverage a few players from the other teams. The Jubilee Arena where the Canadiens played after the fire was willing to take both.

NHL did not give in so the team folded.
 

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Wanderers did not have to close shop. They tried to leverage a few players from the other teams. The Jubilee Arena where the Canadiens played after the fire was willing to take both.

NHL did not give in so the team folded.

Yep... more to the story of the Wanderers than I dwelt upon. The "Redbands" hung in & on there through 1918, winning 4 Stanley Cups. Showed resiliency post fire but.... beginning of the end, long train coming.... say.... you ever catch a game or two at the Jubilee.... Montreal Arena? Ha?. Remember Dickie Boon? Billy Bell? Raymie Skilton?... Raymie an import outta Cambridge MA.... Defenceman as you'll recall.... bit of a bust I'm afraid.... just one game played.... I thought he had a lot of potential. :(
 
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^^^ thats fun.... love their jerseys, uni's. ... the hair... not so much. :laugh:
 

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1960s and 70s...


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1964 – Don Awrey (# 26) - Gordie Howe (# 9)



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1965-67 – John Ferguson (# 22) – Ron Ellis - Brit Selby (# 11) – Tim Horton



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February 18, 1967 – Gilles Marotte (# 10) - Mike Walton (# 16) - Allan Stanley (# 26) - Tim Horton (# 7) - Johnny Bower (# 1)



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1967/68 – Al MacNeil – Pete Stemkowski (# 12) – Les Binkley (# 30)



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1967/68 – Johnny Bower - Réal Lemieux (# 9) – Allan Stanley (# 26)



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February 21, 1968 – Gary Veneruzzo (# 20) – Larry Hillman (# 2) – Ron Ellis (# 8)



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1969-71 ca - Bobby Hull (# 9) and Gerry Cheevers (# 30)



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1969-71 ca – Phil Esposito (# 7) – John McKenzie (# 19) – Jimmy Roberts (# 6) – Jacques Plante (# 30)?



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1971-72 ca – Tom Reid (# 20) and Jean Ratelle (# 19)



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1972 – John McKenzie (# 19) - Bobby Orr (# 4) and Walt Tkaczuk



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1970s – Phil Russell (# 5) and Bob Nystrom (# 23)



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1972-74 – Steve Vickers (# 8) – Walt Tkaczuk (# 18) - Larry Robinson (# 19) – Chuck Lefley (# 24)



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1970s - Bill Goldsworthy (# 8) takes out Don Marcotte against the boards



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1974-75 – Bob Paradise (# 2) – Steve Shutt (# 22) – Gary Inness (# 30)



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1975-77 – Harold Snepsts (# 27) – Curt Ridley (# 35) – Serge Savard (# 18) – Steve Shutt – John Grisdale (# 18)
 

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^^^ Looks like John Grisdale has a shiner there..... went on to become the Commissioner of the BCHL, serving 15yrs starting on 03, stepping down, retiring at the end of this season. Hired Orland Kurtenbach when he joined in the role of Community Relations, who was the 1st Captain of the Canucks as most are aware, both of them post playing careers going on to Coach junior. Grisdale never did play Major Jr himself, Jr.B with Dixie, one of the early players to go the NCAA route, Michigan Tech where he got an Engineering degree. Offered a Pro Tryout Contract with Toronto, signed, played in Tulsa, CHL, Leafs... traded to Vancouver where he played until 79 or thereabouts.
 

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Let's go down memory lane with some WHA photos...



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October 1972 - Derek “Turk” Sanderson in his short eight game stint with the Philadelphia Blazers.
Ron Asselstine is the linesman



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October 25, 1972 – Philadelphia Blazers-Cleveland Crusaders - Another shot of Derek Sanderson.
Here taking a faceoff against Joe Hardy (# 25). Sanderson was great on faceoffs. Nick Polano in the background



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1972 – Quebec Nordiques-Winnipeg Jets – Guy Dufour (# 20) – Norm Beaudoin (# 11) – Serge Aubry (# 1)



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1972/73 – The core of the New York Raiders – Brian Bradley (# 14) – Wally Olds (# 2) - James Kennedy (# 16) – Jarda Krupicka (# 28) - Ian Wilkie (# 1) – Peter Donnelly (# 23) – Gary Kurt (# 30)



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1972/73 – Bobby Hull as a Jet, earning his million dollar contract



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1972/73 - Gary Kurt making a sliding save for the shortlived New York Raiders



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1972/73 – Cleveland Crusaders – Jim Wiste - Bob Whidden (# 1) - John Hanna (on the ice)



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1972/73 – Cleveland Crusaders-Alberta Oilers – Ron Walters (# 11) - Gerry Pinder (# 7) - Gerry Cheevers (# 30)



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1973/74 – Houston Aeros-Vancouver Blazers - Gordie Howe in a battle with Don O’Donoghue



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1973/74 – A rare photo of the Jersey Knights, here in a game against the Toronto Toros.
Harry Howell is seen standing at the open bench door



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1973/74 – New York Golden Blades-New England Whalers - Rick Ley and André Lacroix (# 7)



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1973-75 – Houston Aeros-Edmonton Oilers – Chris Worthy (# 1) - Gordie Howe (# 9) – Al Hamilton (# 3)



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1973-75 – Cleveland Crusaders-Houston Aeros - Wayne Muloin (# 5) – Gordie Howe (# 9) – Gerry Cheevers (# 30)



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1974 - The Howe family



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1975 – Baltimore Blades-Indianapolis Racers - Andy Brown in action at a near empty Baltimore Civic Center



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February 7, 1975 – Minnesota Fighting Saints tough guy Gordie Gallant after one of his four fights with Peter McNamee during the season. McNamee was another tough hombre (at that time of the Phoenix Roadrunners)



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1975/76 – Team photo of the San Diego Mariners in front of Star of India, said to be the oldest ship still sailing regularly (built 1863). The ship is both a California Historical Landmark and United States National Historic Landmark. This was before the Mariners was owned by McDonald's owner Ray Kroc



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March 20, 1976 – New England Whalers-Indianapolis Racers - Larry Pleau gives chase to Rene Leclerc (# 8) at the Hartford Civic Center



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1975-77 - Don “Smokey” McLeod with the Calgary Cowboys
 

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This was at a hockey rink I played at a few years ago in a sitting area by the concession stands. Stevie and Sergei! Thought it was so cool!

 
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Concerning the ice resurfacing photos, I have a copy of Lynn Patrick's "Let's Play Hockey" (belonged to my Dad when he was a kid, lol) and in the book, Patrick talked about how the old timers by the 1950s would boast about how harder defencemen hit back in the 1920s to 1940s era of the game, but did not consider that a fresh ice surface at the start of each period by modern times changed things that good bit in that respect.
 

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Some old photos I took back in the day - 1973 - 74 Season

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#11 Andre Savard and some other guy wearing #4

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Ken Hodge

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Orr, #24 Terry O'Reilly, #16 Derek Sanderson, #17 Bobby Schmautz and #1 Gilles Gilbert

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#7 Phil Esposito and #30 Ross Brooks

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#7 Phil Esposito - I remember that sign behind Espo, it was there pretty much for every game back then
 
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