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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Jefferson, North Carolina
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Names: Robertson, John G., 1964 author.
Title: Hockeys wildest season : the changing of the guard in the NHL, 19691970 / John G. Robertson.
Description: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc.,
Publishers, 2021 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021003338 | ISBN 9781476680705 (paperback : acid free paper)
ISBN 9781476641256 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: HockeyUnited StatesHistory. | HockeyCanadaHistory. | National Hockey LeagueHistory.
Classification: LCC GV | DDC 796.962/64dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021003338
British Library cataloguing data are available
ISBN (print) 978-1-4766-8070-5
ISBN (ebook) 978-1-4766-4125-6
2021 John G. Robertson. All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Front cover: Boston Bruins defenseman Bobby Orr scoring the Stanley Cupwinning goal in overtime against the St. Louis Blues on May 10, 1970
Printed in the United States of America
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640
www.mcfarlandpub.com
First and foremost, this book is dedicated to those aging hockey fans who remember the excitement provided by the National Hockey League at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970sand to those fans who were born sometime afterward but wish they had been around to see it. It certainly was a fun era to follow the sport.
Secondly, the book is also dedicated to the coaches, players, officials, and peripheral figures from the 196970 NHL season who passed away between January 2018 and January 2021the timespan when this book was being researched, written and edited. They include George Armstrong, Andr Boudrias, Arnie Brown, Danny Grant, Ted Green, Bruce Hood, Harry Howell, Red Kelly, Ted Lindsay, Ab McDonald, John McKenzie, Stan Mikita, Jim Neilson, Bob Nevin, Dean Prentice, Ken Schinkel, Eddie Shack and Red Sullivan. There are likely more hockey figures mentioned in the pages of this book whose recent deaths escaped my notice. Their omissions are, of course, accidental. May they all rest in peace.
For helping make this book come to fruition, special thanks go to
Steve Currier who provided me with a bonanza of newspaper articles and other information about the woebegone Oakland/California Seals franchise.
Alicia Juillet who kindly provided me with photos of the 196970 Detroit Red Wings.
Taryn Daneman of the National Hockey Leagues Office of Officials for providing photographs of John Ashley and Bruce Hood.
Carl Madden for his sharp-eyed proofreading efforts and his plentiful helpful suggestions.
Christopher Sykes for his technical assistance.
The passionate hockey fans who maintain and constantly update the excellent websites hockey-reference.com and hockeydb.com. They truly provide a gold mine of information and statistics for researchersand everyone else who cares about the history of the sport and the accuracy of its statistics.
The hockey history buffs who posted snippets of game videos from the 196970 NHL season on YouTube. Nothing beats being able to view actual footage from these contests.
The people who maintain the Google Newspaper Archive website. It is a great repository of prime-source research material.
My niece, Laura Neal, who provided me with detailed chiropractic information about Terry Sawchuks uncommon spinal condition.
The nickname of Chicagos NHL franchise is spelled as one word: Blackhawks. However, from the clubs inception in 1926 to 1986, the most common version used in newspapers and other print media was two words: Black Hawks. Since this book largely deals with the 196970 NHL season, I have decided to be faithful to the frequent spelling of the day and use the two-word version. (In 1986, it was discovered that the one-word spelling was accurate as per the original documents from the NHL which granted the Chicago franchise. Therefore, every two-word spelling of the name for 60 years had been technically incorrect.)
The Seals franchisewhich remarkably had four different names at varying times during its shaky nine years in Californiawas officially called the Oakland Seals in 196970. That is how I refer to the team throughout this book when referring to that specific season.
During the two-division era of the NHL from 196768 to 197374, the names of those divisions were East and Westnot Eastern and Westernalthough the latter pair did frequently appear in adjective form in print media. The NHLs official website (NHL.com) confirms East and West as the official names of the divisions in 196970, so those are the terms I have used throughout this book.
Over the NHLs history, there seems to have been no agreement regarding whether the last playoff series of the season is the Stanley Cup final (singular) or finals (plural). The terms were used interchangeably. My preference is the pluralafter all, there is more than one game played in the championship round. Today the NHL oddly prefers the singular, but in 1970 there was no particularly dominant term. Thus, you will see both terms used frequently in this book. They mean exactly the same thing.
I have done my best to properly include the correct accents on French-Canadian players names. This was seldom done in anglophone newspapers in 1970. Even today, very few English-language hockey reports in the print media bother to apply accentswhich is a shame because accents certainly assist in correct pronunciation. Jimmy Lennon, boxings golden-voiced ring announcer, was once asked why he took such extreme care to pronounce the names of every boxer correctlyeven the most obscure journeyman pugilists. Lennon replied, Every man is entitled to the dignity of his own name. I concur. Accordingly, I have included the correct accents on players and officials first and last names in the cases of Claude Bchard, Jean Bliveau, Andr Boudrias, Michel Brire, Jacques Laperrire, Ral Lemieux, Jean Paul Paris, and others. If I have omitted an accent from anyones nameand I probably haveit is an unfortunate oversight.
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