Nitzy's Hockey Den

Here's a great unidentified photo from  Vintage Sports Images . The Maple Leaf #20 is obviously Bob Pulford and he's in all alone on Chicago Black Hawk goaltender Glenn Hall. The players in the background are all fairly easily identified as well. The Maple Leaf is Billy Harris and Hawks #4 is Elmer "Moose" Vasko. The distant Black Hawk is #11 Bill Hay. Next, attempting to decipher the season it took place. The Leafs added numbers to their sleeves for the 1962/63 campaign so it has to be prior to that. As for the Hawks, their sleeve numbers prior to 1961 were overlapping the elbow stripes. In 1961/62 the number was moved to the position in the photo. This would make the pic from that 61/62 season. Game was played in Chicago as evidenced by Chicago wearing darks, Toronto their whites. Leafs finished with 85 points in 70 game in 1961/62, good for second place, 10 points up on third place Chicago. The two teams met in the Stanley Cup final that year, with Toron...

Check out these beauties. The latest additions to The Den are a couple of rare 70 year old items. These are two booklets issued by the Quaker Oats company in the late 1940's, just loaded with player headshots, hockey tips and most importantly; glowing recommendations of the goodness of Quaker Oats cereal. The first one was put out for the 1947/48 season and pictures Syl Apps and Hap Day on the front (above). The back cover of the booklet is below, the books (measuring about 5 x 7 inches) could be ordered simply by mailing in one box top. Inside, the booklet is filled with hockey stars, each and every one proclaiming the wonders of a Quaker Oats start to their day; "the proteins, minerals and vitamin B1 help build muscles", "necessary for stamina and strength", etc. In addition to hockey and nutritional tips, you could have ordered these terrific "Maple Leaf Premiums" shown below. I would proudly wear that "embossed ring" today,...