Fantastic twitter account - Hockey 50 years ago today

[tarheelhockey]

Just wanted to point this out for anyone who's interested. @1968NHLtweets is a twitter account (with which I have no connection) that reports on NHL news from exactly 50 years ago, as if it were happening today.

Example from this morning:



Very cool way to have a real-time experience of hockey history, especially for that below-the-surface dive into the details of how all those stats and award votes came to be.

Click to read more...

 

[Tarantula]

Awesome, following this now.

 

[VanIslander]

1968? Wish it was from 100 years ago.

But beggars can't be choosers. Thanks for that.

 

[tarheelhockey]

1968? Wish it was from 100 years ago.

But beggars can't be choosers. Thanks for that.

Welp.

1928 NHL Tweets (@1928Nh) | Twitter

 

[iamjs]

There was a 1967 account too. I'm not sure if that account turned into the 1968 account or if it was an account that stopped posting after awhile.

 

[tarheelhockey]

There was a 1967 account too. I'm not sure if that account turned into the 1968 account or if it was an account that stopped posting after awhile.

I think the one account is based on “50 years ago”, so it would have flipped from 67 to 68.

 

[alko]

Are thats only real infos? Or there are also some mysterious imaginary news?

 

[blood gin]

Welp.

1928 NHL Tweets (@1928Nh) | Twitter

13,000 seats on LI in 1928 is insane! I mean when they built Nassau in 1972 it sat 14,600

By comparison the Forum sat 9,300 in 1928 and could squeeze 12,000+ with SRO