By HOWARD BERGER
TORONTO (Sep. 22) - This edition of my memorabilia photo-blog series is simple and straight-forward: 72 covers of The Hockey News dating from Oct. 27, 1972 to Apr. 22, 1977. The hockey bible - as it is known - was in fact a newspaper at the time... not the sharp, glossy magazine it is today. The only color you will see in the pages below are those of headlines and front-page advertisements; all photos in the paper were black-and-white.
Much happened in hockey during the four-and-a-half-year span represented by these covers:
It was a time of salary escalation owing to the player war between the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association... New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames had just joined the NHL... Philadelphia Flyers became the first of the 1967 expansion teams to win the Stanley Cup... Don Cherry was hired as coach by the Boston Bruins... Such legendary players as Denis Potvin, Lanny McDonald, Bob Gainey, Bryan Trottier, Bernie Federko, Doug Wilson and Mike Bossy were drafted into the NHL... Future stars Eric Lindros, Scott Niedermayer, Peter Forsberg, Chris Pronger, Paul Kariya, Ryan Smyth and Daniel Alfredsson were born... Borje Salming, signed as a free agent by the Leafs, became the first great European to play in North America... Hall-of-famer Tim Horton - stalwart Leafs defenseman of the 1960s and name-sake to the donut empire - died in a single-car crash after playing a game with Buffalo at Maple Leaf Gardens... Gordie Howe ended a two-season retirement to join Houston of the WHA and play with sons, Mark and Marty... Kansas City Scouts and Washington Capitals joined the NHL in expansion; Washington establishing futility records that still exist [fewest wins - eight - and most goals allowed - 446 - in a minimum 70-game schedule]... Philadelphia and Buffalo squared off in the first all-expansion Stanley Cup final... The game's most prolific scorer - Phil Esposito - was traded from Boston to the New York Rangers... In an era long before free agency, Bobby Orr was somehow allowed to join Chicago after his contract with the Bruins expired... Leafs captain Darryl Sittler erupted - in 1976 - for 10 points (still a single-game record) against Boston; a record-tying five playoff goals against Philadelphia and the overtime marker that ended the first Canada Cup tournament... Sittler's teammate, Ian Turnbull, set a league mark for goals by a defenseman in one game - scoring five against Detroit (it, too, remains the standard)... Kansas City Scouts became the Colorado Rockies. California Golden Seals became the Cleveland Barons... And, the Canadiens of Scotty Bowman, Ken Dryden, Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Jacques Lemaire, Larry Robinson and Serge Savard began their Stanley Cup dynasty of the late-'70s.
It was a time of salary escalation owing to the player war between the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association... New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames had just joined the NHL... Philadelphia Flyers became the first of the 1967 expansion teams to win the Stanley Cup... Don Cherry was hired as coach by the Boston Bruins... Such legendary players as Denis Potvin, Lanny McDonald, Bob Gainey, Bryan Trottier, Bernie Federko, Doug Wilson and Mike Bossy were drafted into the NHL... Future stars Eric Lindros, Scott Niedermayer, Peter Forsberg, Chris Pronger, Paul Kariya, Ryan Smyth and Daniel Alfredsson were born... Borje Salming, signed as a free agent by the Leafs, became the first great European to play in North America... Hall-of-famer Tim Horton - stalwart Leafs defenseman of the 1960s and name-sake to the donut empire - died in a single-car crash after playing a game with Buffalo at Maple Leaf Gardens... Gordie Howe ended a two-season retirement to join Houston of the WHA and play with sons, Mark and Marty... Kansas City Scouts and Washington Capitals joined the NHL in expansion; Washington establishing futility records that still exist [fewest wins - eight - and most goals allowed - 446 - in a minimum 70-game schedule]... Philadelphia and Buffalo squared off in the first all-expansion Stanley Cup final... The game's most prolific scorer - Phil Esposito - was traded from Boston to the New York Rangers... In an era long before free agency, Bobby Orr was somehow allowed to join Chicago after his contract with the Bruins expired... Leafs captain Darryl Sittler erupted - in 1976 - for 10 points (still a single-game record) against Boston; a record-tying five playoff goals against Philadelphia and the overtime marker that ended the first Canada Cup tournament... Sittler's teammate, Ian Turnbull, set a league mark for goals by a defenseman in one game - scoring five against Detroit (it, too, remains the standard)... Kansas City Scouts became the Colorado Rockies. California Golden Seals became the Cleveland Barons... And, the Canadiens of Scotty Bowman, Ken Dryden, Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Jacques Lemaire, Larry Robinson and Serge Savard began their Stanley Cup dynasty of the late-'70s.
You will undoubtedly notice that Bobby Orr is on the vast majority of these covers of The Hockey News - but not solely because of his unparalleled greatness. Rather, No. 4 was a spokesperson for the Yardley brand of male "grooming products" (as they were called) and Yardley had a front-page ad. Orr, in fact, is plastered all over the initial cover below.
Please enjoy this trip through one of the most volatile and influential times in hockey history.
OCTOBER 27, 1972
NOVEMBER 24, 1972
DECEMBER 1, 1972
DECEMBER 29, 1972
JANUARY 19, 1973
FEBRUARY 2, 1973
MARCH 30, 1973
APRIL 13, 1973
APRIL 20, 1973
MAY 18, 1973
OCTOBER 5, 1973
NOVEMBER 16, 1973
NOVEMBER 30, 1973
DECEMBER 28, 1973
JANUARY 15, 1974
FEBRUARY 1, 1974
FEBRUARY 22, 1974
MARCH 1, 1974
MARCH 8, 1974
MARCH 15, 1974
MARCH 29, 1974
APRIL 19, 1974
APRIL 26, 1974
MAY 10, 1974
MAY 17, 1974
JUNE 1974
JULY 1974
AUGUST 1974
SEPTEMBER 1974
OCTOBER 18, 1974
OCTOBER 25, 1974
NOVEMBER 1, 1974
NOVEMBER 8, 1974
NOVEMBER 22, 1974
NOVEMBER 29, 1974
DECEMBER 6, 1974
DECEMBER 27, 1974
JANUARY 10, 1975
JANUARY 17, 1975
FEBRUARY 7, 1975
FEBRUARY 21, 1975
FEBRUARY 28, 1975
MAY 9, 1975
SEPTEMBER 1975
NOVEMBER 7, 1975
NOVEMBER 14, 1975
NOVEMBER 21, 1975
NOVEMBER 28, 1975
DECEMBER 12, 1975
JANUARY 2, 1976
FEBRUARY 6, 1976
FEBRUARY 13, 1976
FEBRUARY 20, 1976
FEBRUARY 27, 1976
MARCH 5, 1976
MARCH 12, 1976
MARCH 19, 1976
MAY 14, 1976
JULY 1976
OCTOBER 22, 1976
NOVEMBER 19, 1976
DECEMBER 10, 1976
DECEMBER 17, 1976
DECEMBER 31, 1976
JANUARY 7, 1977
JANUARY 21, 1977
JANUARY 28, 1977
FEBRUARY 11, 1977
FEBRUARY 18, 1977
FEBRUARY 25, 1977
MARCH 11, 1977
MARCH 18, 1977
MARCH 25, 1977
APRIL 8, 1977
APRIL 15, 1977
APRIL 22, 1977
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