Annex of visual documents and links for LES “Who Controls

Annex of visual documents and links for LES “Who Controls the Puck”
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Eaton Catalogue & The Marketing of Hockey
"Mail-­‐order companies worked hard to develop customer loyalty, targe:ng their marke:ng to par:cular customers, and loyal customers they were" Read more at source page at :
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/
catalog/cat2200e.shtml
Source: http://tinyurl.com/3rueofd
Image used with permission of Sears Canada Inc.
Source for Catalogues http://tinyurl.com/3u5vx2n
See also the Canadian Museum of Civilization
http://tinyurl.com/3hn7u77
Hockey competed with other sports for the limelight
Opening night at Maple Leaf Gardens
November 12, 1931
Original programme
City of Toronto Archives, Series 306, Subseries 1, File 25
Copyright: In public domain
Source: http://www.toronto.ca/archives/becker_collections/sporting_list_of_works.htm
Radio Broadcasts of Hockey Games
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10422334@N08/6394080339/
by Guy Mayer under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
CBC Radio broadcasted play-by-play live action.
For example, families joined in the action, as Maurice Richard saved the day...
Listen to
Maurice Richard: Stanley Cup hero
at CBC radio archives
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/hockey/the-legendary-9-maurice-rocket-richard/stanley-cup-hero.html
Biggest Audience in Hockey History Hears Broadcast
Radio reached millions of hockey fans in the 1940s.
Big sponsors like Imperial oil showed business's continued involvement.
View full-sized article as Google News Archive at http://tinyurl.com/kffhoyc
Preston Rivulettes
See also “Queens of the Ice Lanes” full article at "
https://www.uleth.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10133/2550/queens%20of%20the%20ice.pdf
"Between 1930 and 1940, the team played an estimated 350 games.[2] They lost only two and tied three. For the entire decade of the
1930s, the Rivulettes were the winners of the Bobby Rosenfeld Trophy. The trophy was given to the Ontario champions. In addition, the
Rivulettes were six time winners of the Eastern Canadian championship and the Elmer Doust Cup (the honour for winning the Eastern
Canadian championship). The team also won the Lady Bessborough Trophy (given to Canadian Champions) six times.
The Rivulettes were invited to play games in 1939 in Europe, but were unable to due to the start of World War II. In 1963, the club was
inducted into the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame."
Text and image source: : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Rivulettes
Maroons
The Montreal Maroons played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935.
They were the last non-Original Six team to win the Stanley Cup until the expansion Philadelphia Flyers won in 1974. (Wikipedia)
Images source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5818513906/
File name:08_06_011930
Title: Hockey stars Maroons
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Copyright © Leslie Jones.
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
As Flickr user Boston Public Library using license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
With permission to use derivative (cropped) version on LEARN site
Great Depression hard on Maroons
"In Montreal, financial strains from the Great
Depression hurt the attendances of both the Canadiens
and Maroons. However, there were far more
francophone supporters for the Canadiens than
anglophone supporters for the Maroons.[25] As a
result, the Maroons finished with the worst attendance
in the league, three seasons in a row. Also, by 1935,
both teams were owned by Canadian Arena Company.
(Ernest Savard and Maurice Forget, who owned the
Canadiens, were part of the Canadian Arena Company,
as were Maroons owners James Strachan and Donat
Raymond). It became obvious that only one team could
represent Montreal. The Maroons' dire financial straits
caused them to sell off several players, including star
winger Hooley Smith.[25] Despite the Maroons'
Images source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5817947103/
File name: 08_06_011948
Title: Stars - Montreal Maroon
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Copyright © Leslie Jones.
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
As Flickr user Boston Public Library using license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
financial troubles, they continued to play competitive
hockey well into the 1930s”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Maroons
Maroons last games in 1938
See article in The Daily Times - Aug 26, 1938
via Google News archives at:
http://tinyurl.com/65e4bbe
Maroons finally fold in 1939
"The Maroons officially folded May 13 1939.
1938-1996: In the years after Maroons folded the Canadiens,
were left to represent Montreal, which was upended by Toronto
as the largest city in Canada during the 1970's. Through these
years Anglo hockey fans in Montreal either found themselves
weaning onto the Habs or found themselves becoming Toronto
Maple Leaf fans. Meanwhile the Montreal Forum, which was built
specifically for the Maroons, would become the most famous
venue in hockey as the Canadiens set a record with 24 Stanley
Cup Championships with hockey heroes that will become
legends throughout Canada, as the Maroons would be
forgotten."
Source: http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/mtlmar/maroons.html
City of Toronto Archives, Series 306, Subseries 1, File 23 found at
http://www.toronto.ca/archives/becker_collections/sporting_list_of_works.htm
Copyright holder unknown. Presumed in public domain. Searching for owner.
Arena Company controls...
See article in
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Apr 6, 1940
via Google News archives at : http://tinyurl.com/5u5amfa
Better days forecast..
See article in
The Windsor Daily Star - Apr 6,
1940
via Google News archives at : http://
tinyurl.com/3ztvmn3
Heritage Minutes clip:
Maple Leaf Gardens
"At the corner of Carleton and Church
Streets is one of Canada’s national
treasures, the Maple Leaf Gardens. For
almost 68 years, the Gardens, as it was
known, hosted a variety of events and
was the home of one of the "Original Six"
hockey teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Perhaps more significantly, it was the
scene of many cherished Canadian
moments."
Read more and view the clip at:
http://www.historica-dominion.ca/content/heritageminutes/maple-leaf-gardens?media_type=41
Image source:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MapleLeafGardens1934.jpg
Conn Smythe
“One of the more competitive and colourful
characters in NHL history, Conn Smythe built the
New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and
Maple Leaf Gardens. He was a fearless leader as
a major on the battlefield in two world wars and
took no prisoners when making the Maple Leafs
one of the league's powers...”
Read more at Hockey Hall of Fame Conn Smythe biography
at http://tinyurl.com/3vwa7jy
Images source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/8338479260/
File name: 08_06_030368
Title: Conn Smythe
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
As Flickr user Boston Public Library using license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Perspective of fan: George Woodward
Photo used with permission from George Woodward
Listen to.... “An Oral History: DW Memories!”
Available to users of the LES are various media files, including interviews with DW about hockey in his youth, 1930s, and about
hockey history in general, through the 1950s, 1960s, and right up to the present day. Various questions were posed and these
have been separated into corresponding mp3 audio files.
Access MP3 recordings at http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/social_sciences/features/situationhockey
Five things to know about ... the 1932-33 Season !
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYR1932_33.jpg
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Calder.jpg
“On May 10, 1932, as they faced the Great Depression head on, NHL owners were willing to do anything to keep costs down. It was a far cry from today’s world
of collective bargaining, so six months before the 1932-33 season began, owners unilaterally determined that there would be a $70,000 salary cap for the
upcoming season. The maximum salary for any single player would be $7,500. In addition, the league allowed only one of two temporarily suspended
franchises, the Ottawa Senators, to return for 1932-33. It also cut the maximum number of skaters in uniform from 14 to 13 per game, and arranged working
agreements with the AHL and WPHL to prevent those leagues from threatening to poach its players for higher salaries. These moves were meant to cut
potential losses in a miserable economy, but many of the top players didn’t appreciate them. One outspoken critic of the new policy was Rangers star Frank
Boucher, who had held out for more money the year before and was prepared to do it again. By the time training camp opened in Lake Placid, Boucher and
teammate Earl Seibert were AWOL. Boucher wanted the maximum salary, and Seibert wanted a substantial raise that was not possible under the new cap. On
Oct. 31, with 10 prominent NHL players still holding out and the season less than two weeks away, the league declared it would block any players who refused
to report to their teams from playing in any professional league. The following day, Boucher said the Rangers had given him permission to personally work out
a deal in which he could be traded to another team, and that he would try to end up in his hometown of Ottawa. Rangers President Col. John S. Hammond
denied that Boucher had complete free rein, and a war of words erupted in the newspapers until a one-year deal was agreed to on Nov. 7. Boucher reported to
training camp, which was wrapping up in Springfield, Mass., and immediately caught the flu. He would miss the first two games of the season with his illness.
Seibert, on the other hand, missed the first three games simply because he refused to sign the contract offered to him. On Nov. 11, NHL President Frank
Calder told Seibert he would be suspended from all professional hockey until he reported to the Rangers. On Nov. 12, Seibert sat out the Rangers opener in
Montreal, and was officially suspended. With nowhere else to go, he eventually signed on Nov. 23 and played in a 1-1 tie with Chicago on Nov. 24 at MSG.
Players weren't the only ones affected by the economic concerns. League cost-cutting continued even after all the holdouts had signed. Perhaps the most
notable midseason change was the NHL’s decision to reduce the number of referees in a game from two to one on Jan. 4, 1933. The second referee became a
lower-paid “judge of play”, or what we now know as linesmen. Decades would pass before the NHL returned to a two-referee system.”
Read full article at source: : http://rangers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=54001
Howie Morenz
View video at
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=14265
View slideshow at
http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/player/Howie-Morenz
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39478367@N02/8448768850/
By Flickr user Archives de la Ville de Montréal under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
"No hockey player’s star ever shone brighter than that of Howie Morenz. Known as both “The Stratford Streak” and
“The Mitchell Meteor”, Morenz was the NHL’s first true superstar, carving out a reputation as one of the best to ever
play the game. His 14-year career began reluctantly and ended suddenly, sadly and prematurely."
Read rest of article at http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/player/Howie-Morenz
James Norris Sr.
See video on Detroit Red Wings and Norris Role at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NBnKJlJRU
"James Norris was the head of one of the NHL's most significant and powerful families. He transformed the state
of professional hockey in Detroit and passed along his expertise to his three children who also became involved in
the league."
Full article at Hockey Hall of Fame site at
http://tinyurl.com/43xcpgb
War And Hockey History
"The NHL has continued play through many conflicts, with the two World Wars having the most profound effect on the league. Many players
interrupted their careers, either voluntarily or through conscription, for military service. With so many players serving during World War II, the
NHL debated shutting the league down. But at the urging of both the Canadian and US governments, the NHL announced prior to 1942-43
season that the league would continue to operate "in the interest of public morale."
Text used with permission by Hockey Legends at http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2010/11/war-and-hockey-history.html
Image source unknown. Presumed to be in public domain due to age of photo.
Hockey in time of War (WWII)
Screen shot of Google Archive version of Montreal Gazette.
Read whole article at http://tinyurl.com/kgfg2x3
See also:
http://proicehockey.about.com/od/history/a/Hockey-During-Wartime.htm
http://islandsportsnews.net/component/content/article/1-hockey/8309-canadian-hockey-at-war-1939-45
In all, over 100 NHL regulars or prospects from all of the NHL teams were called up or enlisted voluntarily in the Canadian or US Armed Forces during
the Second World War.
Of course, everybody probably had in mind that the players who joined could face the dangers of war. Some would be injured and others would make
the ultimate sacrifice.
While many NHL players were in the armed forces, a great number of those who remained worked in various war factories in the off-season and during
the season. During the Canadiens Stanley Cup winning season of 1943-44, the team held it’s practices in the evenings so that the players could work
at their wartime day jobs.
Full article by Francis B. and more information, videos and pictures at
http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2010/11/11/1807266/remembering-canadiens-and-bruins-1940s-wartime-support-efforts
Hockey in time of War (WWII)
Conn Smythe (at left) and
others enlisting for
service at Maple Leaf
Gardens, 1939
Fonds Conn Smythe
Reference code:
F 223-1-1-12
Archives of Ontario, I0016694
Photo used with permission
only via LEARN web site
Conn Smyth “answered the call of duty” in two world wars. He also encouraged his Maple Leaf players to enlist in the Canadian
army. Even though many players were absent, the Leafs still stayed “an upper division team throughout the war.”
Source: Hockey Chronicle