More great photos in hockey history you've just seen for the first time!

[Sheppy]

Montreal Canadiens players carrying Bruins Woody Dumart off the ice as he prepares to go to war. Probably seen this photo a hundred times but it's awesome.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

That could very well be Gary Kurt. He played for the Cleveland Barons of the AHL for 2 seasons (1969-70 & 1970-71). His final pro season was 1976-77 with the Phoenix Roadrunners of the WHA.

Thanks! It's definitely not Kurt, who caught right.

 

[DowntownBooster]

Help!

I'm trying to definitively identify the Cleveland (most likely - could possibly be Jacksonville) goaltender in the photo at the start of this Twitter thread.

Thanks! It's definitely not Kurt, who caught right.

As Bear of Bad News pointed out, it definitely is not Gary Kurt due to the wrong catching hand. I should have caught that one for pete's sake.
I located a team picture of the Cleveland Barons from 1969-70 which includes goalie Gerry Gray wearing #1. However, although the striping on the jersey is the same, the logo doesn't quite match that in the original twitter picture. Hopefully someone can solve the mystery of who the goalie actually is.

 

[Doctor No]

I appreciate it! My current leader in the clubhouse is that it's Ernie Wakely, who started his time with the Barons barefaced:





But appears to have switched to a mask right before the end of his Cleveland career:



The mask he wore isn't clear at all in this photo, and the mask in the unknown photo is not what he would wear in St. Louis the following fall. However, he wore #1, caught left, and the tape job on his stick consistently matches the one in the photo (which is less notable other than that the Rivard, Gray, and Ouimet tape jobs do not match the one in the photo as far as I can tell).

I'm still not convinced that it's Wakely, though. Would love more evidence.

 

[c9777666]

The ceremonial first faceoff in the inaugural home game in Buffalo Sabres history, 10-15-1970

Taking the faceoff are Floyd Smith (who would later coach the Sabres in their 1975 Stanley Cup Final season) and Jean Beliveau (in his final season as a player)

 

[Killion]

The ceremonial first faceoff in the inaugural home game in Buffalo Sabres history, 10-15-1970

Taking the faceoff are Floyd Smith (who would later coach the Sabres in their 1975 Stanley Cup Final season) and Jean Beliveau (in his final season as a player)

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Thats fun.... and I guess you know why Floyd's smiling, giggling a bit as is Beliveau, a few others?.... Seems after rolling out the red carpet, dignitaries on-hand & all ready.... no puck. One of the Sabre Trainer having to go fetch one delaying the drop... also in the frame Clarence Campbell, Seymour Knox III, Buffalo Mayor Frank Sedita & Bill Molson, one of a few branches of the Molson family who owned the Habs from 64/71.... not sure who the 5th suited guy is.... You know?

 

[Jim MacDonald]

Guys if it's cool to ask/request this pic if it exists, would there be a pic of Howe and Richard mid-handshake after one of their playoff series? That would be an awesome one to see!

 

[njdevils1982]

1970/71 - Gordie Howe appears surprised as he looks at Frank Mahovlich following a goal by the Canadiens.

…and the big M looks like he's saying 'you want a piece of this?' with his stick

great photo

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

Guys if it's cool to ask/request this pic if it exists, would there be a pic of Howe and Richard mid-handshake after one of their playoff series? That would be an awesome one to see!

Not the greatest quality unfortunately, and probably not the one you're looking for.

...and here's a pretty good one with the two involved.

April 1, 1958 – The snub - Maurice Richard and Johnny Wilson - with Gordie Howe looking on

 

[Jim MacDonald]

Not the greatest quality unfortunately, and probably not the one you're looking for.

...and here's a pretty good one with the two involved.

April 1, 1958 – The snub - Maurice Richard and Johnny Wilson - with Gordie Howe looking on

Thank you Robert Gordon EVER SO MUCH for posting these!! Man this makes my night!!!

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

Some old time photos...

1937 – A half-masked Roy Musgrove [1912-1941], Winnipeg born goalie for the Wembley Lions, receiving the 1936/37 English National League Trophy. He was tragically killed in a mining accident four years later

1943 ca – Colorized photo of a hockey poster on Washington Street, NY

1950s – Red Kelly and Ted Lindsay (C) crunching a teammate in practice

1955 – Don “Bones” Raleigh - Lester Patrick – Cal Gardner

1955 – Goalie Gump Worsley pushing the puck to safety as Gordie Howe and Red Kelly (A) try to score, while Lou Fontinato is protecting his goalie

1956-58 ca – Andy Bathgate scoring on Ed Chadwick?

December 22, 1966 – Orland Kurtenbach (# 25) scoring on Ed Johnston (# 1) as Joe Watson (# 14) is helplessly looking on

October 18, 1967 - Ted Harris (# 10) and Orland Kurtenbach (# 25) duking it out under the watchful eye of referee Vern Buffey (# 1). This was the fifth out of six NHL-fights between them

January 20, 1968 ? – Action in front of Rogatien Vachon (# 30). Ted Harris (# 10) is taking care of Brian Conacher (# 22). Serge Savard (# 18) is seen circling around in the background

1971-73 ca – The Roadrunner, Yvan Cournoyer trailing Rod Seiling (# 16) behind the goal

October 7, 1972 – Marc Tardif (# 11) scoring on Cesare Maniago (# 30) in the season opener, while Rejean Houle (# 14) follows the action

January 11, 1976 – André “Moose” Dupont giving Valeri Kharlamov some rough treatment

1977 – Bernie Parent casually waiting for the penalties to be sorted out

1970s - Olympia Stadium – Detroit vs Philadelphia

1980 ca – Olympic hero Jim Craig in action

 

[Killion]

^^^ Awesome stream of photo's RGO. Particularly like the first 5 or so, street scene in NY etc.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1973-76 ca - the battle of New York

 

[DowntownBooster]

1973-75 ca - J.C. Tremblay (Quebec Nordiques) and Gordie Howe (Houston Aeros)

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

March 26, 1939 - Tiny Thompson (shutout) – Marty Barry (goal) and Jack Adams celebrating after Detroit eliminated Montreal from the playoffs (1-0 OT win)

1950 ca – Edgar Laprade battling with Rocket Richard

1960s – Eddie Giacomin in action

1967/68 – Bill Collins (# 18) – Rod Gilbert (# 7) – Jean Ratelle (# 19)

November 8, 1969 – A rare action photo from the NHL featuring Michel Brière (# 21) [1949-1971] in his 12th NHL game, against Roy McKay (# 5) appearing in his 15th NHL game

1970s – Walt Tkaczuk in action

October 12, 1971 – Garry Unger connecting with a nice right hook to the face of Kevin O’Shea (# 18)

1972-73 ca – Gilbert Perreault (# 11) characteristically dancing around a helpless Jacques Laperriere (# 2)

1980s – The face of a goon - Enforcer Gary Rissling who collected a hefty 1006 penalty minutes (and a lot of scars) in only 221 NHL games

March 14, 1984 – Mario Lemieux have just surpassed Guy Lafleur’s record of 130 goals in a season. That night Super Mario scored 6 goals and had 5 assists. On the bench we see Richard Kokila (# 8) and Steven Woodburn (# 2)
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June 3, 1993 - Kerry Fraser measuring Marty McSorley’s stick during Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final

October 15, 1993 - Rob Ray vs Joey Kocur. The third and last NHL-bout between the two, with Kocur winning all three of them

February 20, 2002 – Jere Lehtinen (# 26) and Al MacInnis (# 2)

May 13, 2015 – Derek Stepan have just scored the series winner in OT (game 7) vs Braden Holtby

2016 – Brayden Mcnabb (# 3) – Jonathan Quick - Joe Thornton (# 19)

 

[DannyGallivan]

Not really a photo so much as a graphic for an article that appeared in the Winnipeg Tribune on July 15, 1972. this was almost two months before the Summit Series, and as you can see, and apparently these were the top four players the editor decided to represent Canada. Bobby, of course, couldn't play.

 

[DannyGallivan]

Here was page two of the spread. Here we had another Bobby who couldn't play for Canada.

 

[DowntownBooster]

1967/68 - NHL action between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins. Larry Hillman (# 2), Val Fonteyne (# 8), Allan Stanley (# 26) and Bruce Gamble (# 30)

 

[DowntownBooster]

January 16, 1968 - All-Star Game at Maple Leaf Gardens. The defending Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs would defeat the NHL All-Stars 4-3. Pictured above are Tim Horton (# 7), Al Smith (# 1) and Gordie Howe (# 9).

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

1950-52 ca – Maurice Richard having words with Bill Juzda

1958 - Steve Kraftcheck – Bob Baun – Carl Brewer (A) and Marc Reaume admiring “Mabel” of the Ice Capades

1966 – Chico Maki (# 16) - Orland Kurtenbach – Glenn Hall (# 1)

1966-67 ca - NHL-veteran Red Kelly in action

1967/68 – Ron Ellis (# 8) - Bobby Hull (# 9) – Duane Rupp (# 4)

December 14, 1971 - Don Marcotte on a conditioning stint with the Boston Braves scoring his first AHL goal against Tidewater Wings and Andy Brown

1972/73 – Brad Park (# 2) and Derek Sanderson (# 27)

1975-76 ca – Wayne Stephenson (# 35) – Gilbert Perreault (# 11) and Jimmy Watson (# 20)

1975/76 – In front of half-empty stands we see Dean Talafous (# 15) being pursued by Guy Charron, Craig Patrick (# 14), and in the rear a helmeted Gary Bergman (# 5)

December 1, 1976 — Bob Dailey (# 3) lines up Dennis Hextall (# 12) for a body check into the boards

May 7, 1985 - Mark Messier (# 11) putting on the breaks beside goalie Murray Bannerman (# 30) with Bob Murray (# 6) tying up Messier

June 13, 2002 - Detroit wins cup

December 6, 2014 - Brett Connolly (# 14) skates around a stick check by Dalton Prout (# 47). Looking on in the background is Michael Chaput (# 39)

May 19, 2017 – Marc Methot (# 3) delivering a “Bruce Lee” like kick against Josh Archibald (# 45)

2017 – Maroon Lake in Aspen, Colorado

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

1914 - Vancouver Ladies' hockey team on the steps of the Vancouver arena

1935 ca – Members of the Montreal Tigers taking a break

February 21, 1937 – A Free-For-All at Madison Square Garden while policemen are trying to restore order. In the background we see Turk Broda casually leaning against his goal. Sweeney Schriner in the lower left corner is being restrained by a patrolman, while NY Americans goal Alfie Moore looks on. Referee Mickey Ion with the bow tie is also just a spectator. Roger Jenkins (# 10) tries to restrain a Leaf who’s swinging at Hap Emms (# 15). Joe Lamb (# 14), got a game misconduct in the game, as well as Red Horner (# 2) who’s holding on to an opponent. Gordie Drillon (# 21) is in the thick of things

December 1, 1940 - NHL history is made. For the first time ever, four sets of brothers took the ice together in an NHL game. L to R – Mac Colville - Neil Colville – Lynn Patrick – Muzz Patrick – Max Bentley - Doug Bentley - Bill Carse - Bob Carse. Chicago won 4-1. Bill Carse and Max Bentley (first NHL goal) had a goal each and Doug Bentley picked up an assist in the game

1951 – Goalie all alone

1950s - John Mariucci “The Godfather” [1916-1987] and John Mayasich [1933-]

April 16, 1957 – Rookie goalie Don Simmons saving a shot from Maurice "Rocket" Richard

February 4, 1961 – Howdy Cowboy - Maurice “Rocket” Richard

1962/63 – Jacques Plante. Seen before, but still worth posting

November 22, 1967 - John “Pie” McKenzie dancing around his former teammate Leo Boivin (# 2), as Les Binkley is handling the puck

May 1981 – Denis Potvin upends a Minnesota player (Dino Ciccarelli?)

1980s – Three future Hall of Famers - Grant Fuhr – Wayne Gretzky – Marcel Dionne

1988-90 ca – Ragtag boys of Detroit – L to R - Lee Norwood - Joe Kocur (notice the knuckles) - Rick Zombo - Steve Chiasson - Gerard Gallant

April 14, 2010 – Milan Lucic (# 17) flying through the air. P.K. Subban (# 76) and Hal Gill (# 75)

April 15, 2015 – Marc Methot (# 3) lays out a hit on Brendan Gallagher (# 11)

 

[Tarantula]

Awesome photos,

1951 – Goalie all alone

Looks like some head gear on this guy, any idea where this is, looks like a fairly large arena as well. This thread brings back some memories but also keeps bringing up aspects of hockey history that I have to go look up myself. Thanks, RGO!

 

[Tarantula]

Les Binkley is handling the puck

Does that model of goal stick look familiar to anyone? Heard at one point there was a surplus of them going around!!!

 

[The Panther]

1914 - Vancouver Ladies' hockey team on the steps of the Vancouver arena

Thanks for this, an amazing photo!! The goaltender has a skirt over her goalie-pads....

If this is indeed at the Vancouver Arena, the location is where Georgia Street meets Denman Street today, in the north-west end of downtown Van, at Devonian Harbour Park. Great stuff.

 

[Killion]

Does that model of goal stick look familiar to anyone? Heard at one point there was a surplus of them going around!!!

.... yeah you heard right Tarantula.... and geez what a wonderful bunch of rare photo's Robert Gordon Orr!