Each week I look at the early history of the NHL, mostly pre-1970. I look at the players, the stories and the teams that helped to make the NHL the greatest league, and hockey the greatest sport, in the world.
Join me as I explore Canada's game.
He stood at five-foot-three and was the shortest goalie in NHL history. While he played on mostly terrible teams, he showed how good he was by keeping those teams in the playoff hunt.
It is clear why he is in the Hall of Fame.
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7 Jan 2026
Dit Clapper
Dit Clapper was the first NHL player to play 20 seasons. He once held the most games played record and was one of the greatest players of his era.
Along the way, he won three Stanley Cups.
The first living person inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, he was also the first player to have the three-year waiving period waived.
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19 Feb 2025
The Little Big Man: Cully Wilson
In his hockey career in the PCHA, WCHL and NHL, he won two Stanley Cups and found himself going coast-to-coast for various teams. It was said he was the stitched up player in hockey history when he retired.
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