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 ...

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. ... Major League Hockey’s website posted it held a draft of 880 players.

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 ...

Major League Hockey has joined the CBA in Washington, the Can-Am Baseball League, and his offers to purchase the Orlando Seals, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues and Victoria Grizzlies as dubious ...

When the Whalers became one of four WHA teams absorbed into the NHL in 1979 upon the upstart league’s demise, Gordie enjoyed one more go-round in the NHL—turning 52 late that season.

It was the World Hockey Association. "WHA was very funky in that way," said ... It was an alternate option to that "other league," as Gassen calls it, with different rules, guidelines ...

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

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.