HOCKEY STORIES:

Enjoy some great stories on the characters and events that make up the history of hockey in Manitoba...





Stories from Ed Sweeney;

A Brief History of the Winnipeg Monarchs - by Ed Sweeney...more


Did you know... - by Ed Sweeney...more

Did you know... (2) - by Ed Sweeney...more


Winnipeg Victorias, Their Last Stanley Cup Challenge - by Ed Sweeney...more


Toledo Mercurys Load Up With Manitobans - by Ed Sweeney ...more


Ed Sweeney's Goalie Tales...

Remembering Sugar Jim... - by Ed Sweeney...more

Terry Sawchuk... - by Ed Sweeney...more



WWII Service Leagues - by Don MacEachern...more


From Morris Mott;

"You couldn't run a game on Saturday night": The Winnipeg Warriors, Television, and the Business of Pro Hockey, 1955-1961
(Manitoba History, Number 27, Spring 1994)
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/27/businessofhockey.shtml.more

"An Immense Hold in the Public Estimation:" The First Quarter Century of Hockey in Manitoba, 1886-1911 (Manitoba History, Number 43, Spring / Summer 2002)
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/43/hockeyhistory.shtmlmore


Here's more...

The 1953 Memorial Cup
...Don Cherry pays a visit to play St. Boniface Canadiens for the Canadian Junior title - by Greg Drinnan...more


Doctor Blake Watson obituary...more


The Real Team Canada  - by Stephen Ripley    ...more


The 1919 Stanley Cup Championship ...more


Winner of Gold at First World Junior Tourney - by Al Vickery  ...more


Remembering the Winnipeg Warriors and the heyday of the Western Hockey League - by T. Kent Morgan and Dutch Holland (The Sporting Life) ...more