Chico Resch Rookie Card

Glenn ‘Chico’ Resch helped build the New York Islanders into a Stanley Cup winning dynasty but was denied all but one of those championships. For the bulk of the run-up to those four consecutive Stanley Cup wins, Resch was New York’s number one man between the pipes while Billy Smith played a back-up role. Things all changed the year the Islanders won their first and Resch was gone the next year...

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The 6 Team Leaders of the 1966-67 NHL

1966-67 marked a major end of an era for the National Hockey League. The league played its last season with just six teams. The following year, the NHL doubled in size to 12 teams and within seven years that number would increase to 18. 1966-67 also marked the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs would win the Stanley Cup.

The NHL was also a couple of years away from the offensive explosion, in most part brought on by the Boston Bruins. None of the six team leaders in 1966-67 would exceed 100 points, although Stan Mikita’s 97 points would establish a league record for most points in a season. That record was shattered just a few years later...

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Oshawa Generals Double 50

The Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League have had several players hit the 50 goal plateau in the long history of the junior hockey franchise. Four of those players have repeated the accomplishment at some level of pro hockey. Two of them have scored 50 in the National Hockey League.

By this time next year, there could very well be a fifth member of this club. John Tavares scored 72 goals with the Generals in 2006-07. His top total in the NHL to date was 31 in 2011-12 with the New York Islanders. However, in the lockout shortened 2012-13 National Hockey League season, J.T. scored 28 goals in 48 games for the Islanders. Over a full 82 game schedule, this would equate to a 48 goal pace. With Tavares and the Islanders only getting stronger, he could net 50 in 2013-14...

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Newbury for Syvret: Flyers and Rangers Trade Minor Leaguers

This past week, two Ontario Hockey League grads were swapped in a one for one deal. The trade was officially between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers but was really between the Adirondack Phantoms and Connecticut Whale in the American Hockey League.

Going to the Flyers organization is Kris Newbury. Leaving the Flyers, again, is Danny Syvret. Both played leadership roles with their AHL teams in 2012-13 and will undoubtedly do the same in 2013-14...

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1979 NHL Entry Draft: 1st Round and Beyond

Typically, in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, there will be at least a few duds that never quite catch on in the National Hockey League. This wasn’t the case in the 1979 Draft. Of the 21 players selected, the lowest career total games was 238 by Ray Allison who was selected 18^th overall by the Hartford Whalers.

Eleven of the 21 players selected in the first round of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft went on to play over 1,000 regular season NHL games. The most career games played by this fine group of players is 1,612 by Ray Bourque. Bourque was selected eighth by the Boston Bruins...

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Belleville Bulls OHL Hockey Trivia

The Belleville Bulls have existed in the Ontario Hockey League since the 1981-82 season. The team has enjoyed quiet success, having missed the OHL Robertson Cup playoffs on only three occasions. Over the years, several current NHL players have worn a Bulls jersey, including Jason Spezza, P.K. Subban, Dan Cleary and Kyle Wellwood.

Test and expand your knowledge of the Belleville Bulls with the following four hockey trivia questions...

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NCL Trans Atlantic Repositioning Cruises

It’s not too late to get in on a Trans Atlantic repositioning cruise for 2013. Norwegian Cruise Line offers two ships, both leaving Europe in October, destined for Miami, Florida. NCL has a unique way of packaging the product. You can opt for a barebones journey that is extremely affordable but makes few stops. Or, you can add a week on the front and/or back end of the Trans Atlantic trip to create the ultimate vacation...

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Josh Godfrey and Cody Thornton Signed with EV Landshut for 2013-14

Teammates with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 2005-06 and 2006-07 will be together again for the 2013-14 season as members of EV Landshut in Germany’s 2.Bundesliga. Josh Godfrey will be playing for Landshut, and in Europe in general, for the first time. Cody Thornton will be entering his fourth year with the club...

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Rookie Cards of Rosaire and Wilf Paiement

The Paiement brothers, Rosaire and Wilf, played in the National Hockey League from the late 1960′s through to the 1980′s. Wilf, Rosaire’s younger brother by ten years, had the lengthiest NHL career, playing over 1,000 games, regular season and playoffs combined.

Rosaire Paiement

Rosaire played major junior hockey with the Niagara Falls Flyers in 1964-65 and 1965-66. In his first year with the Flyers, he, and the likes of Derek Sanderson and Bernie Parent, won a Memorial Cup championship with a four games to one final series win over the Edmonton Oil Kings...

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St. Charles Chill of the Central Hockey League

The St. Charles Chill, along with the Brampton Beast, are one of two new teams entering the Central Hockey League for the 2013-14 season. Unlike Brampton, who are a fresh new expansion franchise, the Chill are reincarnated from the Laredo Bucks, a team that graced the CHL from 2002-03 to 2011-12. St. Charles, like Brampton, has been slow to fill their roster for the upcoming season. However, they have just signed a former Ontario Hockey League defenseman and an OHL legend is behind the bench as head coach...

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Oshawa Generals Trivia

The Oshawa Generals are arguably the most successful and oldest franchise in the Ontario Hockey League. Although success has hidden from the franchise recently, the Generals are twelve time winners of the Robertson Cup as OHL playoff champ and have been to the Memorial Cup on numerous occasions.

Test and expand your Oshawa Generals hockey trivia knowledge with these four trivia questions...

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