After being knocked out by my second dose of the COVID vaccine for two days, my podcast schedule got a bit messed up. Using this as an opportunity to reorganize and ensure that the content I make is top quality.  That is where you come in. I want your input on how to make the show better. Have a listen to the update and let me know! Regular episodes return next week.  E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Instagram: @Bairdo37

Pucks and Cups

An Update and Call for Input

Today, I'm looking at the man they called Old Poison, Nels Stewart. One of the greatest goal scorers in the early NHL, he was the first player to score 300 goals and his goal record lasted until 1952 when it was beaten by Maurice Richard.  Support the podcast for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

Nels Stewart

As crazy as it sounds now, the Montreal Canadiens almost moved to Cleveland, Ohio. It almost happened in the mid-1930s, and it would have robbed Canada of iconic moments from Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur and Patrick Roy. Support the Cross-Canada History Tour: http://gf.me/u/zm7ypq Support the podcast for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx    

When The Canadiens Almost Moved To Cleveland

Today, I look at one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history, Lionel Conacher. A member of four Hall-of-Fames, the Ontario Legislature and the House of Commons, he had a life well-lived.  Was a pretty great hockey player too.  Support the shows for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

Lionel Conacher

Today, I look at the team that lasted one season during The Great Depression, the Philadelphia Quakers. A team that was so bad, it would take 40 years before a worse team came along.  Support the podcast for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

The Philadelphia Quakers

The first star of the Montreal Canadiens, and the man who led them to their first Stanley Cup, Lalonde would set the NHL record for goals that lasted until Rocket Richard beat it. Tough, skilled and determined, he helped the early NHL find its feet. Support the podcast for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

Newsy Lalonde

The 1925 Hamilton Tigers were poised to win the Stanley Cup, the first for the franchise but a players strike would not only derail those plans, but end NHL hockey in Hamilton to this very day. Today, I look at the first NHL Players Strike.  Support the show for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

The First NHL Players Strike

Today, I look at the first team to relocate in the NHL since 1935, the Kansas City Scouts. The team only lasted two seasons, but would eventually form into the New Jersey Devils, a team that continues to this day. Support the podcast for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianshistoryehx  

The Kansas City Scouts

It was an event that changed hockey forever. In 1972, Bobby Hull, an NHL superstar, left the league to play for the WHA and the Winnipeg Jets. The ramifications of this deal are still being felt to this day. Today, I look at when Bobby Hull left Chicago for Winnipeg. Support the podcast for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

Bobby Hull Signs In The WHA

In an NHL career that spanned 65 years as a player, coach, referee and an executive, King Clancy won six Stanley Cups and became a legend on and off the ice. Today, I look at the career of the man who had a face like a Dublin back alley (according to one journalist), King Clancy! Support the show for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

King Clancy

After the NHL was created out of spite over an NHA owner, teams got down to business competing to reach the Stanley Cup. It was a season of new rules, strikes and even some mayhem.  Today, I look at the first NHL season. Support the show for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

The First NHL Season

From 1903 to 1927, the original Ottawa Senators boasted three dozen Hall of Fame players and 11 Stanley Cups, becoming the first dynasty in NHL history. Then the 1930s hit and this once great franchise faded into obscurity. Today, I look at the legendary team. Support the show for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx  

The Original Ottawa Senators

A man so vicious it was said he played hockey like a man who didn't know the rules. A highly gifted defenceman, amid his scoring prowess was a mean streak that led his own team to suspend him once. The Lady Byng Trophy exists because of the mean play of Cleghorn.  Today, I look at this tough hockey legend. Support the show for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37 YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/CanadianHistoryEhx    

Sprague Cleghorn

While winning Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1960s, Red Kelly had another career. He was also serving as a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party from 1962 to 1965.  Today, I look at the Parliamentary career of hockey legend Red Kelly. Support the show for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @bairdo37

Red Kelly In The House Of Commons

Foster Hewitt called him the greatest to ever play the game, and while he was tough on the ice he also won more Hart Trophies than anyone except for Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky.  Eddie Shore was the epitome of Old-Time Hockey for many. Today, I look at his life and career. Support for $3/month at www.patreon.com/canadaehx or donate at www.canadaehx.com E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadianhistoryehx Twitter: www.twitter.com/craigbaird Instagram: @Bairdo37

Eddie Shore

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.

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Pucks and Cups

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