On March 10, 1955, a hockey debut was made at the Montreal Forum. The Canadiens hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs on that date. The debut was made very quietly. It was not a new player for either side. It was not a coach sitting behind the bench for the first time. It was not a famous referee or linesmen either. yet very quietly while the two teams went back to the locker rooms, a machine called the Zamboni slipped on to the ice. The machine which now an important part of the game, had been invented in the Los Angeles suburb of Paramount. In the end neither team scored a goal, the big winner was the zamboni.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is the Brooklyn Gladiators played in the American Association in 1890. The team had replaced the previous entry from Brooklyn which had left the league a berth in the National League. That club went on to become the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Todays trivia question is name the 5 time Wimbledon champion, who won a silver metal at the 1908 Summer Olympics? The answer will be in tomorrows daily blog about the minor league version of the American Association.
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