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Posted by Craig on September 28, 2008
The center ice position, is littered with NHL greats making this list is extremely difficult. Playing center is a position of leadership on the ice, being a center requires great ice vision and solid play in the offensive and defensive sides of the game. When you are a center ice man you are the leader [...]
Posted by Craig on September 19, 2008
When the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in 1967 it would be the last in the original six period. The league had become a success both financially and on television and faced pressure to expand. With the fear of competing leagues and the search for high priced television contracts the NHL added six [...]
Posted by Craig on
Although the National Hockey League had been around for some time in 1942, when the Brooklyn Americans folded the league was left with six. The Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks were left and it stayed the same for the next 25 years. The [...]