The history of hockeyness, and vice-versa. puckstruck.com Occasional Newfoundland content + Charles Portis, Italo Calvino, Geoff Dyer, Mavis Gallant, John Jeremiah Sullivan, & Sergei Dovlatov alerts. https://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mplz3abrjc2sThe Maple Leaf Forever. wp.me/p1hzck-83d https://wp.me/p1hzck-83d01 Jul 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplz3abrjc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mp2ghwuuvk25Dismissing the Swiss (on ice, in 1928). wp.me/p1hzck-82o https://wp.me/p1hzck-82o24 Jun 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2ghwuuvk25https://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3modfbabids2nCup's up. https://puckstruck.com/2026/06/14/many-a-slip-twixt-cup-and-lip-2/15 Jun 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3modfbabids2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mnhufmflis2rHockey's tradition of playoff beards is often said to have started with the New York Islanders in the 1980s. In fact, the Rangers beat them to it in the '70s ... and '30s. https://puckstruck.com/2023/06/10/grow-ops-a-quick-history-of-hockey-beards-playoff-and-otherwise/04 Jun 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhufmflis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mncnz7mfps2qThe games of summer. https://puckstruck.com/2026/06/01/boys-of-summer/02 Jun 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncnz7mfps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mmywttoy3c2kAdieu to Claude Lemieux. https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/19/hug-it-out/29 May 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmywttoy3c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mmywttoy3c2kAdieu to Claude Lemieux. https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/19/hug-it-out/29 May 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmywttoy3c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mmuoiojxms23Happy Jakub Dobeš, to those who celebrate. https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/27/no-idea-whats-going-on-really-besides-the-puck/27 May 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuoiojxms23https://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mmougwbmkk2tThe Montreal Canadiens won a third successive Stanley Cup championship on this date in 1978, downing the Boston Bruins 4-1 at Boston Garden to take the series 4-2. https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/25/may-day-78/25 May 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmougwbmkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mmaox2uc3s2hHistorical Habs hug: https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/19/hug-it-out/20 May 2026 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaox2uc3s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mlyzu7l4gs2aWoof Habs woof. (Fans at the Forum, 1938, Canadiens vs. Maroons) https://puckstruck.com/2015/06/01/dog-watch/16 May 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyzu7l4gs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mlyzrx7npk2aHabs fans at the Forum, April, 1947. https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/16/crazy-for-you/16 May 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyzrx7npk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mltdctqofc2gA birthday today for Gump Worsley, born on this date in 1929. https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/14/elegy-for-gump/14 May 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltdctqofc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mlerfjggpc22Habs v Sabres, 1979. https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/08/birdshot/08 May 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlerfjggpc22https://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3ml5gkzends22Haven't got time for the pain (until the playoffs are over). https://puckstruck.com/2026/05/05/havent-got-time-for-the-pain/06 May 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5gkzends22https://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mkt57unvxc2nHappy Day + Jolly Jawn, 1942. wp.me/p1hzck-7IW https://wp.me/p1hzck-7IW01 May 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt57unvxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mktbyawonc2xOn this date in 1965, Gump Worsley earned a post-game cigarette and a Canada Dry as his Montreal Canadiens claimed the Stanley Cup. https://puckstruck.com/2021/05/14/how-many-times-do-you-get-to-celebrate-your-first-cup-victory/01 May 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktbyawonc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/puckstruck.bsky.social/post/3mkta5nzsas2mOui the north. https://puckstruck.com/2021/06/07/joy-division/01 May 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:el5pgmnbcj4brqocw5dtrsdb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkta5nzsas2m