Expansion doesn’t happen very often anymore in the NHL. The last one was in 2000 when the Blue Jackets and Wild entered the league. Even franchise re-locations don’t happen much anymore, with the last one being the Jets from 5 years ago. This is the first time in the history of HbD’s existence that we get […]
2016 was a rough year in notable deaths, and the sports community was no exception; Gordie Howe, Muhammad Ali, Jose Fernandez and Craig Sager are only a few still being mourned by the sports world. As if the year past wasn’t hard enough, the turn of the calendar year brought yet another loss to the […]
On December 19, 1917, the Montreal Wanderers faced off against the Toronto HC (Arenas) at Montreal Arena in front of a crowd of 700 people in the very first game played in the National Hockey League. And now, almost 100 years later, millions (billions?) of fans have seen the league grow from as little as […]
The Boston Bruins (also known as the Bears or the B’s) got their start in the NHL during the 1924–1925 season. Rumor has it, Charles Francis Adams – a grocery-chain tycoon from Vermont – paid a hefty $15,000 to the NHL in exchange for the first United States entry into the league. Bruins’ Origins Adams held a contest open […]
Expansion doesn’t happen very often anymore in the NHL. The last one was in 2000 when the Blue Jackets and Wild entered the league. Even franchise re-locations don’t happen much anymore, with the last one being the Jets from 5 years ago. This is the first time in the history of HbD’s existence that we get […]
Please Note: This post was originally posted in 2016, so while most of the links still work, we cannot guarantee it anymore. However, we have updated and released a new Top Ten Christmas Gifts list for 2019, which you can visit by clicking here. (Ed Note: This is not paid content! None of the websites/businesses listed below have […]
The NHL kicks off its Centennial celebrations of January 1, 2017 with the inaugural Centennial Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs, two of the founding oldest Original Six teams in the league. I say inaugural…and I really can’t wait for the second Centennial Classic in 2117 between the Minsk Carbon-Eaters and Mars Oxygenators. Just […]
The Philadelphia Flyers brought ice hockey back to the City of Brotherly Love in 1967 as one of six expansion teams added by the NHL. They doubled their number of clubs in the league from six to 12. The Flyers would go on to win their home debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 19 under the leadership of head coach Keith […]
The Detroit Red Wings date back to the 1920s when they played in the Western Hockey League as the Victoria Cougars. Looking to build an NHL franchise, a group from Detroit bought the Victoria Cougars’ roster in 1926. The Cougars started playing their home games in Windsor, Ontario, until they moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1927. Head coach Jack Adams […]
The Chicago Blackhawks are a major part of NHL history. This storied franchise dates back to 1926, when the NHL awarded Major Frederic McLaughlin a franchise. To get enough players to field a team, he purchased the Portland Rosebuds from the struggling Western Hockey League and moved them to Chicago. Becoming the Blackhawks McLaughlin wasn’t fond of the team name “Rosebuds,” […]
