I remember back when there were only 6 teams in the NHL. Used to watch the Chicago Blackhawks on WGN channel 9. Glen Hall, Bobby Hull, Stan Makita, Moose Vasko, Pierre Pilote. Hated the Habs, particularly John Furgeson. Was never the same after the expansion. Hockey in Florida? Really?
Two good NHL teams in Florida.
Old Time Hockey, like Eddie Shore!
Original Six.
Two Canadian, four American.
Cities with snow and freezing winters.
A lot of people from up north moved to Florida.
Lou Boudreau, Lloyd Pettit, “there’s a shot, and a goal!”
Back when the players didn’t wear helmets and even the goalie didn’t wear face protection. It was a much rougher game. Most of those guys lost their teeth.
“Used to watch the Chicago Blackhawks on WGN channel 9. Glen Hall . . .”
A ways back, I was curious as to who the back-up goalie was the year the Hawks won the Cup back then (might have been Dennis DeJordy), so I looked up the regular season stats for the team:
https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/teams/chicago-blackhawks-players-1960-61-nhl-stats.html
Lo and behold, goalie Glenn Hall played *every* regular season game that year (!), and I expect every post-season game as well. Can you imagine anything close to that happening in the modern game?