Nitzy's Hockey Den

I sure loves me some old hockey photos! Here's another from  Vintage Sports Images , a great pic of Gordie Howe and the Red Wings playing the Maple Leafs. Let's start with the goaltender. A look at the Society for International Hockey Research visual database from the late 1940's through the 50's (to hook up with the fact Howe is playing) and we can conclude it is Ed Chadwick. The Leafs goalie progression went from Turk Broda to Harry Lumley to Ed Chadwick (below) who played every game in 1956/57 and 57/58. This is definitely not Broda or Lumley in the photo. Johnny Bower then took the helm of the Leaf net afterward. Ed Chadwick So it is either 56/57 or 57/58, now to the other players. Leafs #3 is Jim Morrison who wore that number for a four year span. #17 for the Leafs in both of these seasons was Dick Duff, seen checking Howe.  The Red Wing battling Morrison in front of Chadwick is #16, a young Norm Ullman who wore that number his first three seasons before...

 Follow Chris Mizzoni   @NitzysHockeyDen 30 years ago today, may as well rewatch it to celebrate.  # game3 # 87CanadaCup 8:10 PM - Sep 17, 2017   17 17 Replies     46 46 Retweets     110 110 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy  Follow Chris Mizzoni   @NitzysHockeyDen Well that was quick... 26 seconds in. I recall that 16 year-old me did not enjoy that start. 8:16 PM - Sep 17, 2017   1 1 Reply     Retweets     likes Twitter Ads info and privacy This past Sunday was the 30th anniversary of Game 3 of the 1987 Canada Cup so I decided to rewatch the game in it's entirety. Five years ago, TSN re-broadcast all three final games and they now reside at the bottom of my PVR list with the trusty "lock" beside them so as not to be deleted, ever. I aso figured, what the hell, may as well live twe...