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Val Hoffinger 7 May 2013 | 09:12 am
Who was the first Russian born player in the history of the National Hockey League? Here's a hint: it is not one of more modern Soviet players. A lot of people believe the answer to be Chicago's John...
Ron Murphy 8 Feb 2013 | 03:39 am
Ron Murphy was a useful utility forward for nearly 900 NHL games. He was a Stanley Cup champion (1961) and a Memorial Cup champion (1952). But fans remember him mostly for an infamous and vicious stic...
Art Wiebe 3 Feb 2013 | 04:07 am
For 10 seasons and over 400 NHL games Art Wiebe quietly patrolled the Chicago Blackhawks blue line. More often than not he and Earli Seibert formed an effective pairing. From 1934 through 1944 Wiebe ...
Red Mitchell 3 Feb 2013 | 03:49 am
World War II commitments depleted a lot of NHL rosters during the early 1940s. That opened up jobs for minor league players as fill-ins. The Chicago Blackhawks blue line was particularly ravaged, and...
Joe Matte 3 Feb 2013 | 03:03 am
Like long time St. Louis Flyers teammate Joe Carbol, Joe Matte finally got a chance to play in the NHL in 1942-43 thanks to World War II. Both Matte and Carbol got their only games in the NHL thanks ...
Leo Carbol 3 Feb 2013 | 02:38 am
Ottawa's Leo Carbol was a long time defenseman with the St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey Association. After bouncing around the minor league circuit early in his career, Carbol played parts of ...
Phil Hergesheimer 3 Feb 2013 | 02:02 am
Phil Hergesheimer was a high scoring American Hockey Leaguer for many seasons who also played in 125 NHL games in partial seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins from 1939 to 1943. Nick...
Aud Tuten 3 Feb 2013 | 01:58 am
Audley Kendrick "Tut" Tuten may have had an "Aud" name. But this Chicago Blackhawks defenseman during the World War II years had an even odder birthplace for a hockey player - Enterprise, Alabama! We...
George "Wingy" Johnston 3 Feb 2013 | 12:13 am
This is George "Wingy" Johnston. He played parts of 4 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks during the World War II years, but is best known as a hockey legend in Washington state. Johnston played in a...
Michel Dumas 21 Jan 2013 | 01:08 am
Chicago goaltender Michel Dumas recorded a shutout in his first NHL game despite playing only one minute of action! Dumas was summoned from the minor leagues to back up Tony Esposito for Chicago's ga...
