A Little Hockey History-Day 1

 January 23 is a day that has given us more then its fair share of Hockey History. Today we will look at those events. We will start with a game in 1944 that was profiled by itself last year. It was the 15-0 beating the Detroit Red Wings gave to the New York Rangers.

   We move into the meat of todays discussion with a look at the Eastern Hockey Leagues Baltimore Clippers. On January 23, 1956 their home arena, Carlin's Iceland burned down. The team had to find a place to play their final home games. Several of these games were played in Charlotte, North Carolina, the team was well received and transferred there for the 1956-57 season.

  We move ahead to 1970 when the Montreal Voyageurs of the American Hockey League beat the visiting Quebec Aces by a score of 10-1. The Voyageurs played at the Montreal Forum, when their parent club the Canadians were not playing a home game.

   Just one year later the Hershey Bears of the same league beat up the Rochester Americans by a score of 11-3 at HersheyPark Arena. The building is the same one that Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain scored his famous 100 point game in.

   On January 23, 1975 the Michigan Stags of Detroit moved to Baltimore, Maryland and became the Blades. The Stags had been a part of the World Hockey Association. As a result of this move the Baltimore Clippers of the American Hockey League withdrew from that league for the remainer of the season. The move left nine clubs to finish the AHL season. The Clippers returned the following season, the Blades did not.

     Exactly two years later it was a World Hockey Association game that made history. In a game played at the Winnipeg Arena, the visiting Calgary Cowboys were roughed up by the Jets by a score of 10-5. 

   Our final event is the 2003 Central Hockey League All Star Game.  The game was  played at Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The two teams scored a total of 16 goals with 10 of them being scored by the South team.

   Todays trivia question is who was the first Polish born NHL player? The answer in tomorrows blog as we continue our look at the World of Hockey.

   Finally the answer to yesterdays question is Joe Bryant played 8 seasons in the NBA. His son is Kobe. Have a great Week!!