GreatestHockeyLegends.co is the preeminent website dedicated to celebrating and honoring the greatest legends in the sport of hockey. It is a comprehensive online resource where hockey enthusiasts, fans, and historians can delve into the rich history of the game and learn about more than 3300 iconic players who have left an indelible mark on the sport.The website features a vast collection of ..read more

This is the cover image of the December 24th, 1947 issue of The Hockey News.Note the Lee Kavetski artwork prominently featured on the front page. Even warring hockey players offer peace and happiness at Christmas time!Back in those days the National Hockey League were still playing games on Christmas Day, believe it or not. And they weren't always so friendly to each other.The ..read more

Hartland Monahan, a forward who played 334 games for six NHL teams, passed away in December 2024. He was 72.Born and raised in Montreal, he helped the Montreal Jr. Canadiens win the Memorial Cup as junior hockey champions in 1970. That team featured none other than Gilbert Perreault, but it was Monahan who scored the winning goal in the final Memorial Cup game.Selected by the California ..read more

As unthinkable as it may seem, did you know that Howie Morenz played at least one game with the Boston Bruins?And he played a game with the New York Americans the same week!In case you don't know, Howie Morenz was arguably the Montreal Canadiens first true superstar. He was an electrifying skater - nicknamed The Mitchell Meteor and the Stratford Streak which referenced where he was from with his ..read more

Has a NHL skater ever worn jersey #1? The answer is yes - five NHL skaters - non goaltenders - have worn the number seemingly reserved for puck stoppers.There is no actual rule that states the #1 is strictly reserved for goaltenders. It's just very historically synonymous with the position.The NHA - forerunner to the NHL - introduced identifying sweater numbers in 1911. They pretty simply ..read more

Hockey is not usually a place for stability. Just ask Don Blackburn, one of the many well travelled players in the long history of the game. In a professional career that spanned from 1958 to 1976, Blackie played in 16 different cities across 7 leagues!The bulk of his career was spent toiling in the minor leagues, but he did have a good run in the big leagues. He totalled 185 in the NHL (scoring ..read more

Bob Rivard, a minor league scoring star, passed away on the first day of 2023. The 83 year old had suffered from Alzheimer's for several years.Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1939, Rivard played his junior hockey with a young Scotty Bowman with the Peterborough Petes in Ontario.In the years before the NHL Entry Draft, Rivard was property of the Montreal Canadiens but never came close to playing ..read more

Wayne Maxner was a long time coach, best known for three stints in Windsor where he is a legend with the OHL Spitfires, as well as with the London Knights. He also coached the NHL's Detroit Red Wings.But not everyone realized that Maxner was also a NHL player. He was a playmaking winger with the Niagara Falls Flyers, playing with the likes of Terry Crisp and Gary Dornhoefer. Those two went on to ..read more

Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Leigh Verstraete passed in August 2023 following a two year illness. He was just 61.Verstraete was born in Pincher Creek, Alberta but grew up in Calgary. As a youth he played every sport you could think of, but hockey was his calling. He became a crowd favorite with the WHL's Calgary Wranglers. He was known more for his penalty minute totals than any ..read more

I recently learned that Sandy "Sam" McGregor passed away in November 2023.MacGregor was a Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatter junior star who went on to play many seasons with the AHL Baltimore Clippers in the 1960s. He got into 2 games with the New York Rangers in the 1963-64 season. But beyond his two game appearance he refused to report to the Rangers farm team, and arrangements were made for him to ..read more