Much like his iconic predecessors, Maurice “Rocket” Richard and Jean Beliveau, Lafleur got off to a slow start in Montreal. But once he discarded the helmet he was forced to wear in juniors Guy went ...

Today, the Canadian Hockey League celebrates its 50th birthday. On May 8, 1975, the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League (CMJHL) was formed in Kitchener, ON. On that day, the Western Canada Hockey ...

When Gordie Howe, aka "Mr. Hockey," came out of retirement to sign with the Houston Aeros, it was a shocker for the hockey ...

The WHA was, by that point, seen as a secondary hockey brand to the NHL, and when the Cowboys arrived it was becoming clear that the league wasn’t going to survive for long.

He planned to buy minor league hockey teams based in Orlando and Jacksonville from Waronker and move them into the WHA. Chambers even held a press conference to announce NHL great Butch Goring ...

The Winnipeg Jets were one of the most successful teams in the former WHA , winning three league titles. The Jets were buoyed by hockey icon Bobby Hull and were among the first teams to bring ...

He refereed the first game in WHA history in 1973 and its final game in 1979. He was referee-in-chief during his final three seasons in the WHA. Friday interviewed on Hockey Night in Canada in 1962 ...

Gordie, after two years away from competitive hockey, struggled through ... one hundred points—seventeen off the league lead—and was named the WHA’s most valuable player.

There was a time when professional hockey players didn't wear helmets. Instead, some had afros and big mustaches. That wasn't the NHL, though. It was the World Hockey Association. "WHA was very ...

Jan. 21—GRAND FORKS — Max Chambers spent the spring and summer claiming to have outrageous sums of money to start Major League Hockey, a proposed North American-based 3-on-3 league.

Bobby Hull, hockey Hall of Famer and Stanley Cup champion, died Monday at 84, the Chicago Blackhawks announced.