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Bobby Hull
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RIP. Hockey was so different back in the six team league. Salaries were 1/10th (Adjusted) of what they were today. They learned everything the hard way. I think the WHL helped break the cartel.
I remember goal replays coming 15-20 minutes later after the film had been developed. Anyone remember film?
A different world. Straight stick blades. No masks or helmets. Tough or stupid?
I remember goal replays coming 15-20 minutes later after the film had been developed. Anyone remember film?
A different world. Straight stick blades. No masks or helmets. Tough or stupid?
RIP
Bobby Hull and straight stick blades? Bah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
He played his minor hockey in nearby Belleville, and then Junior B hockey for the Woodstock Warriors in the fall of 1954. Hull led the Warriors to the 1955 Sutherland Cup as Ontario champions. Later, he played for the Galt Black Hawks and the St. Catharines Teepees in the Ontario Hockey Association, before joining the Chicago Black Hawks in 1957 at the age of 18.
All played with curved blades
He was also one of the main reasons that the NHL limited and measured the curvature of sticks.
One game I was at his stick was 2 1/2 times the allowed curvature.
That meant a wicked rising slap shot for goalies who didn't wear masks at the time.
Dave Keon stuck with a straight stick.
reference:
The shifts that changed the game: The curved blade
Taking a look at some of the innovations that changed the game - this time around, Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita's curve, which altered things more than you may think.
www.arcticicehockey.com
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