This Day In Hockey History (10/3)

Posted by on Oct 3, 2011 20:55

There are truly classics and then there is this one which transcends time.  Think of the greats in any sport from days far gone by.  Howie Morenz was considered by many to be the Babe Ruth of his time.  Then injuries began to take their toll on the talented Forward.  Almost out of nowhere, the following trade happened 77 years ago today.  As guaranteed, we have a video and then this moment that would have been like the Wayne Gretzky trade fron 1988. 

 

 

October 03, 1934

Montreal Canadiens traded Howie Morenz, Marty Burke and Lorne Chabot to Chicago in exchange for Lionel Conacher, Roger Jenkins and Leroy Goldsworthy.

 

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This Day In Hockey History (10/3)

Posted by on Oct 3, 2009 12:52

BallHype: hype it up!

A Saturday with purpose if you will. There will not be much posting today for personal reasons. Sorry for the inconvenience. Now on to today’s video and moment. Enjoy.



Lifetime of achievement…..

October 03, 1953

Jean Beliveau signed his first contract with the Montreal Canadiens, and was assigned uniform #4 for the first time in his NHL career (after wearing number’s 17, 20 & 12 during previous brief stays with the Canadiens).

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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