The Teams From Western Canada For The Stanley Cup

The winning team was awarded 2 points, the losing team received 0 point, and if the game resulted in a tie each team would get 1 point. The series would start off in Canada for the first game in 4 different cities; Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, then Vancouver. Game one took place at the Montreal Forum. The game started off with two quick goals from Phil Esposito and Paul Henderson within the first six minutes. This made Canadian`s 8-0 prediction have hope. By the end of the second period the score was 4-2, for U.S.S.R. The Soviet Union potted 3 goals in the 3rd period with Canada only getting 1. The final score of the game was a 7-3

It was while Joseph played for the marvelous Cape Breton Post Bombers hockey club in 1964 that he first took up coaching. “It was an after-school hockey program at the former St. Joseph’s Elementary School in Sydney,” he said. “I was at it for about 10 years and I really enjoyed helping the kids.”

The Montreal Canadiens are currently the sole French Canadian team in the National Hockey League, nicknamed the Habs in reference to les habitants, the settlers of New France in the 1600s. Because the team appeals largely to French-Canadian fans, the Canadiens are significant to French-Canadian and Quebecois identities, and Maurice Richard played a critical role to French Canadians in the province:

The Edmonton Oilers were one of the 4 new teams that entered the NHL during the 1979/1980 expansion team. Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky were on the team at this time. Although none of the players that came from the 4 expansion teams could claim the calder trophy because they played in the WHA for the first 3 games. The oilers made the playoffs that year but got eliminated very early

Maurice Richard historical significance in Canada had to do considerable deal with Hockey. Hockey is “closer to a religion than a simple sporting pastime” in Canada. It is “a unifying force” in a nation where one state wanted to separate from the rest of Canada. Nevertheless hockey has a major impact on the social, economic, cultural and political realms of Canada. In the 2014 Olympics, an alcohol law in bars was ignored when Canada was in the finals for the gold medal. In addition to People drinking at 5 o’clock in the morning, which would have been frowned upon in many social circles in any other circumstances. Maurice is “credited with raising the National Hockey League to major sport status”, he simply “sold the game” to French Canadians post great depression. You could say he stopped the National Hockey league from fading as teams were dropping every year out of the League due to being unable to be successful financially.

Essentially, the 1972 Team Canada was given the name of Canada's Hockey Team of the Century in December 1999 (Hockey Hall of Fame). Another, important event that happen was said by legendary broadcaster Foster Hewitt of CBC Television " The Puck comes out to Hendson . He shoots! He scores Paul Henderson has scored for Canada. "(Quinlan 268). With 34 seconds left in the third period , Paul scored a slap shot to the top left corner of the net , which made Canada become the new hockey power in the world. (Kriser). This Summit Series win was very big for the development of Canada's hockey culture because in International ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) tournaments , Canada was losing to countries like USA, Sweden and Finland ,developing hockey countries, in which should of been easy wins for Canada who is a hockey nation. (Rutley) It also shifted to look at women and hockey . Before the series , women were not allowed to play because of the fact that it was a male sport and it was too aggressive for women to handle. (Rutley). However after the series was over , one young lady step out of shadows and played a game with young men on a pond in Quebec . Manon Rhéaume, the first female hockey player was given great respect and in the next following NHL season played as a Montréal

Throughout his fame, Maurice Richard inspired, encouraged, and brought together Canada’s French population. This can be seen through classic stories such as The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, which exhibits the idolization of Richard through the eyes of young Canadians and the sport of hockey. In

(F. Hewitt, 1972). For Canadians, hockey is a way of life. "Canadian hockey is more than just a sport. It’s our national game, a part of our culture, our history, our national identity. Hockey is one thing about which we have always been able to say we are the best"(Gruneau 4). On September 1972, Canada and the Soviet Union played an eight game hockey series, 4 in Canada, and 4 in Moscow, Russia, at the height of the Cold War. Originally, the series goal was to put on a good show before

In addition to taking the Cape Breton championship that year, the Post Bombers captured the provincial and Maritime crowns. However, Verbeski believes that Glace Bay, and not Sydney, could just as easily have been the winners of the whole shebang. “They got a break and capitalized. We had two super players, captain Harvey Ellsworth and Port Morien’s Rodney MacIntosh, and they had two glorious chances in the third to either tie it or win it but they were foiled by Mike Novak, a tremendous little goaltender. Our goaltender, Billy MacMullen, played extremely well, too.”

Another hockey great, who was purely Canadian, and proved his worth in the game of hockey, is the amazing Rocket Richard. He was known for his excellence, but was also just as well known for his great spirit and love for the game. He, as well as Gretzky, was given the honour of being among the best in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1955, Richard was, without thought, suspended from the league, Canada, especially Montrealers, went into complete uproar, inducing numerous death threats upon the president Clarence Campbell, as well as what has been called the worst riot in Canadian sports history. This example really shows how dedicated Canadians are when backing up their own players, the ones they know are the best.

But, he became famous in 1927 when put batted one of the greatest seasons or any batter in

McGill University organized the first hockey team. Then in the early 1880’s the first hockey championship was created and only teams from eastern Canada participated. The sport eventually spread to America and Europe. Numerous countries including France, Britain, Belgium, and Switzerland joined together to form the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1908.

In 1950 Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe, and Syd Abel were know and the “Production Line”. Red Kelly and Jack Stewart holding the blue line as the top defenseman for the Wings. The wings won the cup in 1950 beating the Rangers 4-3. Gordie Howe during the 1950 cup run however went down with a head injury, and was very close to passing away. Sawchuk was called up to help the run for the cup when Lumley got injured. Before the 1950-51 season Lumley was traded to allow Sawchuk to play. Alex Delvecchio another Red Wings legend with his number retired by the wings joined the team in the 1950-51 season. The ‘50 season was the first an octopus was thrown on the ice in a Wings game. Each tentacle to show how many games needed to win the cup. In 1952 in the playoffs Lindsay and Howe received death threats when they played in game 4. When the Wings one Lindsay skated to center ice and pretended to shoot the Maple leaf fans. The Wings won back to back cups in 1954 and 1955.

The Nashville Predators have been going through a seemingly endless process since entering the NHL in 1998. It did not take the Predators long to establish a successful and competitive nature among the franchise. Their first five seasons they struggled becoming a team and missed the playoffs, however, they have come together and made the playoffs every year since. The Predator’s on-ice performance was consistently among the top three teams in the league, but still faced many challenges.

Over the years there have been multiple champions of the Cup that dates as far back as March of 1893 when the Montreal Hockey Club won in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada ("Amateur Hockey Association of Canada." ; "Montreal Hockey Club."). Although the current cup is awarded to the winners of the National Hockey League, the cup was awarded to winners of multiple leagues and has been given to the winners of two leagues in one year a couple of times.