Pucks and Cups

By Craig BairdSports History Hockey

Pucks and Cups episodes

March 21, 2021 Changing History: When The Canadiens Almost Moved To Cleveland
As crazy as it sounds now, the Montreal Canadiens almost moved to Cleveland, Ohio. It almost happened in the mid-1930s, and it would have robbed Canada of iconic moments from Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur and Patrick Roy.
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March 14, 2021 Hockey, Football, Politics: Lionel Conacher
Today, I look at one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history, Lionel Conacher. A member of four Hall-of-Fames, the Ontario Legislature and the House of Commons, he had a life well-lived. Was a pretty great hockey player too.
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21 min
March 07, 2021 A Brief Existence: The Philadelphia Quakers
Today, I look at the team that lasted one season during The Great Depression, the Philadelphia Quakers. A team that was so bad, it would take 40 years before a worse team came along.
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17 min
February 28, 2021 Old Poison: Newsy Lalonde
The first star of the Montreal Canadiens, and the man who led them to their first Stanley Cup, Lalonde would set the NHL record for goals that lasted until Rocket Richard beat it. Tough, skilled and determined, he helped the early NHL find its feet.
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22 min
February 21, 2021 Fighting For Proper Pay: The First NHL Players Strike
The 1925 Hamilton Tigers were poised to win the Stanley Cup, the first for the franchise but a players strike would not only derail those plans, but end NHL hockey in Hamilton to this very day. Today, I look at the first NHL Players Strike.
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19 min
February 14, 2021 The Kansas City Scouts
Today, I look at the first team to relocate in the NHL since 1935, the Kansas City Scouts. The team only lasted two seasons, but would eventually form into the New Jersey Devils, a team that continues to this day.
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21 min
February 07, 2021 Bobby Hull Signs In The WHA
It was an event that changed hockey forever. In 1972, Bobby Hull, an NHL superstar, left the league to play for the WHA and the Winnipeg Jets. The ramifications of this deal are still being felt to this day. Today, I look at when Bobby Hull left Chicago for Winnipeg.
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20 min
January 31, 2021 Hockey Royalty: King Clancy
In an NHL career that spanned 65 years as a player, coach, referee and an executive, King Clancy won six Stanley Cups and became a legend on and off the ice. Today, I look at the career of the man who had a face like a Dublin back alley (according to one journalist), King Clancy!
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26 min
January 24, 2021 What Started It All: The First NHL Season
After the NHL was created out of spite over an NHA owner, teams got down to business competing to reach the Stanley Cup. It was a season of new rules, strikes and even some mayhem. Today, I look at the first NHL season.
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24 min
January 17, 2021 The First Dynasty: The Original Ottawa Senators
From 1903 to 1927, the original Ottawa Senators boasted three dozen Hall of Fame players and 11 Stanley Cups, becoming the first dynasty in NHL history. Then the 1930s hit and this once great franchise faded into obscurity. Today, I look at the legendary team.
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23 min

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Each week I look at the early history of the NHL, mostly pre-1970. I look at the players, the stories and the teams that helped to make the NHL the greatest league, and hockey the greatest sport, in the world.