Legendary hockey reporter Stan Fischler writes a weekly scrapbook for NHL.com. Fischler, known as "The Hockey Maven," shares his humor and insight with readers every Wednesday. This week, Fischler ...

Two wrongs don’t usually make a right, but the 1978 merger of the bumbling Cleveland Barons and the struggling Minnesota North Stars proved there are exceptions to the rule. The path to the NHL’s only ...

In the 1970s, free agency did not exist in the National Hockey League so drafting and trading for players were the only way you could improve. After a handful of disappointing drafts, and a roster ...

Mike Rupp (blue shirt, white cap) instructs the crowd on how to eat ice cream from the Stanley Cup when he brought the trophy to Honey Hut Ice Cream in Cleveland in 2003. Rupp scored the ...

It was 32 years ago yesterday that Molson Canada bought the Montreal Canadiens for the second time. They purchased the team from the Bronfman family that they had sold it to seven years before. That ...

Former NHL forward Mark Kirton, who spent six seasons in the league, died on Sunday, per a league announcement. He was 67. Kirton played 266 games in the NHL from 1979-85. This included stints with ...

Chris Nilan likes to joke about how he has only one Stanley Cup ring. When the 13 living players who were part of the Canadiens’ 1970s dynasty team that won four straight Stanley Cups, starting in ...