This Day In Hockey History (7/23)

Posted by on Jul 23, 2011 18:02

This is an old but good one.  Yet, the trade below was one of the biggest in NHL history.  People often get surprised at how some of these often change the dynamic of a league, especially when anything from the 50’s and 60’s is mentioned.  At any rate, here is a moment from 54 years ago today.  Really this was something else for its time.

 

 

July 23, 1957

In one of hockey’s biggest trades Detroit traded Ted Lindsay and Glenn Hall to Chicago in exchange for Johnny Wilson, Hank Bassen, Forbes Kennedy and Bob Preston.

 

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This Day In Hockey History (7/23)

Posted by on Jul 23, 2009 14:00

BallHype: hype it up!

Another day…another moment. The moments seem to get leaner and yet they keep coming somehow. Okay and here is today’s but first a video……



That’s Italiano!!!! Now the moment…..

July 23, 1997

Phoenix Coyotes signed free agent Rick Tocchet, who had been with Boston and Washington in 1996-97.

About Chris Wassel

Simply I am a sports writer whose first loves will always be hockey and food. As we attempt to fix the site which has fallen into some disrepair (okay a lot), any and all help is always appreciated. For now, everything will channel through on a post by post basis. As always, let's have some fun!

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