Книга: 1959 in Ice Hockey: 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Season, 1958-59 Boston Bruins Season, 1958-59 Toronto Maple Leafs Season

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings Season, 1958-59 Boston Bruins Season, 1958-59 Toronto Maple Leafs Season, 1958-59 New York Rangers Season, 1958-59 Detroit Red Wings Season, 1959-60 Toronto Maple Leafs Season, 1958-59 Chicago Black Hawks Season, 1959-60 Chicago Black Hawks Season, 1959-60 Nhl Season, 1958-59 Nhl Season, 1959-60 Ahl Season, 13th National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1958-59 Ahl Season, 1959 Stanley Cup Finals, 1959 Allan Cup, 1958-59 Mjhl Season, 1959-60 Mjhl Season, 1959 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1959 Memorial Cup, 1959 Ncaa Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Excerpt: The 13th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the Montreal Forum on October 3, 1959, which saw the hometown Montreal Canadiens defeat the NHL all-stars 6 1. Contracts and eligibility The 13th game was a year where a few of the game's top stars were notably absent from the game, due to a new NHL ruling that players be signed under contract in order to play in the all-star game. The intention of this clause was to intimidate players who were holding out from their team, a tactic that worked for Dickie Moore , Frank Mahovlich and George Armstrong , yet failed for others, resulting in All-Star coach Punch Imlach being unable to choose six of the best players (Tim Horton , Dick Duff , Bobby Hull , Tod Sloan , Pierre Pilote and Bob Pulford ). Combined with six Habs being named to the First and Second team All-Stars, this meant that coach Imlach had to fill the voids with inferior players. The subsequent snubbing of these players also went into the pre-game festivities, as they were also denied the multitude of gifts that traditionally was given to players in the game - including those already with their names engraved on it. It is also to be noted that it was Maurice Richard 's 13th co...