OLD-SCHOOL HOCKEY

[The Real Spiffy]

Only because I have too much time on my hands and not enough money for mischief...I will Hijack/Piggyback 7 Trains hockey thread...Here is the challenge...in 1966, there were only 6 NHL teams in play..Name their coaches, their team captains, and the position they played...nickname s, if applicable, will show you are a true hockey maven...try to do this WITHOUT benefit of Google....M.R.

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GREAT question !!  I'll never get them all but will try.. No Google, that wouldn't be fun..
BOSTON BRUINS #9 Johnny Bucyk

New York Rangers   #3 Harry Howell

Chicago Black Hawks  #3 Pierre Pilote

Detroit Red Wings    #9 Gordie Howe

Toronto Maple Leafs   # 10 George Armstrong

Montreal     Canadiens    # 4 Jean Beliveau

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On my list of Captains, George Armstrong and Johnny Bucyk had the same nickname with fellow players... What was it ?

[Fatboy]

On my list of Captains, George Armstrong and Johnny Bucyk had the same nickname with fellow players... What was it ?

Chief

[The Real Spiffy]

Not bad... the only incorrect answer was Howe...Detroit's Captain was #10...Alex Delvecchio...his nickname....Fats. .....Now go after the coaches...and use their REAL names....

[SpencerRossJr]

GREAT question !!  I'll never get them all but will try.. No Google, that wouldn't be fun..
BOSTON BRUINS #9 Johnny Bucyk

New York Rangers   #3 Harry Howell

Chicago Black Hawks  #3 Pierre Pilote

Detroit Red Wings    #9 Gordie Howe

Toronto Maple Leafs   # 10 George Armstrong

Montreal     Canadiens    # 4 Jean Beliveau

[The Real Spiffy]

FYI...3 of the captains were defensemen....2 were pure centyers (Beliveau & Delvecchio)..and Bucyk Played mainly at Center but occasionally was put on a wing with the Hodge line on occasion...

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Thanks for the updates..  I saw Bucyk play in the old Garden  He also played wing with Sanderson and Stanfield some.. Also Johnny "Pie" McKenzie #19  Stanfield 17  Hodge 8  Espo 7  Westfall 18   wayne Careleton 11 Sanderson and Westfall played together on the 3rd line a lot.

Congrats  you got the Chief correct !

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COACHES:  Wow, I''ll try.
Hector "Toe" Blake Habs
George "Punch" Imlach  Leafs
Tommy Ivan Hawks
Tom Johnson Bruins
Emile "The Cat" Francis  Rangers
Sid Abel Wings ?

Those are my selections

[The Real Spiffy]

DING!! DING!!! DING!!!! DING!!!! We have a winnahhhh!!!!! You could have also plugged in Milt Schmidt for the Bruins and been correct.....I thought the nickname for Emile Francis might have escaped you....I Was Wrong.....

[The Real Spiffy]

Annnnndddd....Bil ly Reay also put in some time behind the Hawks' bench....Fact.... the  Hawks and the Red Wings shared some common ownership interests in the 1960's and 1970's....The hawks were owned by the Wirtz family, who also owned the LBJ winner Governor Skipper, and the Red Wings' brain trust was headed by Bruce Norris, who was married to Marguerite Wirtz....Tommy Ivan spent time in the front offices of both the Hawks and the Red Wings....

[The Real Spiffy]

Challenge #2....Name all of the 2-goalie tandems for the 1966 Original 6 NHL Teams....And, if you can identify which goalies played the next year for an expansion team...you will get a case of ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!

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Sounds like an offer my ex wife gave me !!!!!!!!!!
Got a Drs Appt..  Back later ! 

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Great info !!!  Thanks.  This is fun..  I believe Emile Francis was a goalie way back and got the nickname because he was quick as a cat in the nets !

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Doubt I can get the two goalies  but Ill try and get some:
Bruins  Don Simmons   But in the mid to late 60 s Eddie Johnson  Gerry Cheevers  also Jack Norris
Rangers: Eddie Giacomin-Gilles Villemure (who was into harness racing too)
Black Hawks: Glen Hall  Dennis Dejordy ?
Montreal:Charlie Hodge--Jacque Plante
Detroit : Terry Sawchuk--
Toronto: Johnny Bower --
That's the best I can do.. May think of the others later....