Society for International Hockey Research


SIHR Annual Research Journal

Editor - Iain Fyffe    

The Hockey Research Journal is an annual publication which is compiled and produced by the members of SIHR.

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SIHR Journal
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Click here to download The Annual Research Journal, Volume XIII, Fall 2009 (Complete Journal in one PDF file)
2009 A HOCKEY PLAYER IN UNUSUAL PLACES - Heisman Trophy Winner Pete Dawkins Len Kotylo 252 kb
2009 Bad Joe - The Life and Times of a Hockey Legend Eric Zweig 572 kb
2009 BIRTH OF A RIVALRY - Canada's Teams Go Head-to-Head Morey Holzman 200 kb
2009 BLOWING SMOKE - How the Trail Smoke Eaters Didn’t Get Their Name Greg Nesteroff 156 kb
2009 Bromley, Ontario - Four-Time Winners of the George Cup Frank Cosentino 220 kb
2009 CALIFORNIA DREAMING - The Brief Life of the Los Angeles Ramblers GREG NESTEROFF 436 kb
2009 FRANK ‘CODDY’ WINTERS - America’s Forgotten Superstar Roger Godin 108 kb
2009 FRANK MATHERS - Player/Coach/GeneralManager/President, Hershey Bears Bob Goodman 128 kb
2009 MONTREAL VICTORIAS EUROPEAN TOUR 1927 DR.CARL GIDEN, PATRICK HOUDA AND BIRGER NORDMARK 0 kb
2009 PITTSBURGH - The Cradle of Pro Hockey Ernie Fitzsimmons 273 kb
2009 PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY’S GREATEST PLAYOFF PERFORMANCE CHRIS MIZZONI 52 kb
2009 THE BATTLE OF QUEBEC - 30 Years Later Benoit Clairoux 204 kb
2009 THE CHARLOTTE CHECKERS - Minor-League Hockey Kings of the South Jim Mancuso 316 kb
2009 THE CREIGHTON MONUMENT UNVEILING James Milks 257 kb
2009 THE GREATEST MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS OF ALL TIME - The Low Minors JIM MANCUSO, WITH BOB DUFF AND ERNIE FITZSIMMONS 600 kb
2009 THE GREATEST MINOR-LEAGUE TEAMS OF ALL TIME - The High Minors JIM MANCUSO, WITH BOB DUFF AND ERNIE FITZSIMMONS 612 kb
2009 THE PERTH BLUE WINGS - The Unheralded and UnsungMystery Team of 1937/38 Tim Zander 388 kb
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2008 FIVE NHLers ON ONE JUVENILLE TEAM Ed Sweeney 31 kb
2008 2008 Journal Cover Page SIHR 50 kb
2008 30 SEASONS OF AHL HOCKEY IN PORTLAND, MAINE Jim Mancuso 144 kb
2008 AN AFTERNOON IN THE ATTIC - Relics Bring a Legend to Life Alison J. Bell 128 kb
2008 BAD LUCK AND BUNNY LAROCQUE Todd Denault 76 kb
2008 Courtesy Costs Nothing Glen Goodhand 107 kb
2008 HOCKEY’S HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS - The Big One that Got Away Glen R. Goodhand 189 kb
2008 IS THIS THE FIRST TEAM CANADA? Michael Talbot 170 kb
2008 MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY’S ALL-TIME ALL-STAR TEAM Jim Mancuso 292 kb
2008 NORTHCOTE - Winners of the First George Cup Frank Cosentino 128 kb
2008 RECOGNIZING AN OMISSION Kevin Vautour 89 kb
2008 ROGIE VACHON - The Man Who Would Be King Todd Denault 126 kb
2008 THE CANADIENS’ NHL TITLE Jim Mancuso 87 kb
2008 THE EPHEMERAL QUAKERS - Pursuing Philadelphia’s First NHL Franchise Paul Christman 96 kb
2008 THE GALLANT GOALIE - Stocking Quebec's Hockey History J.W.Bill Fitsell 118 kb
2008 THE GHOST OF GEORGES VEZINA Todd Denault 85 kb
2008 THE NOHA COMES OF AGE Len Kotylo 100 kb
2008 THE ST. CLAIR HOCKEY TRIANGLE Alan Mann 52 kb
2008 TORONTOS DEFEAT VICTORIAS - How the Toronto Star Saw It Eric Zweig 105 kb
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2007 Aspects of Hockey that give the game international appeal Len Kotylo 106 kb
2007 Canada's Royal Game and Blueblood Patrons Bill Fitsell 133 kb
2007 Cinderella Stories; An analysis of luck in the playoffs Iain Fyffe 89 kb
2007 Diplomacy and Hockey Paul Kitchen 94 kb
2007 Hockey in Unusual Places; USC and UCLA Len Kotylo 162 kb
2007 Last Hurrah for The Moose Roger Godin 52 kb
2007 Maple Leafs - Red Wings Western Tour, 1934 Chris Mizzoni 68 kb
2007 Quebec Junior Hockey in the 1940s and 1950s Ernie Fitzsimmons 94 kb
2007 Rink Ritual; Launching a Team Peter B. Orlik 155 kb
2007 Setting Cyclone's Story Straight Eric Zweig 143 kb
2007 Should NHL Teams Hire Shootout Specialists? J.P. Martel 94 kb
2007 Stanley Cup Winning Goals in Overtime Ed Sweeney 107 kb
2007 Star Power and Playoff Success; the 1960s Black Hawks Peter Albert 133 kb
2007 The ECHL's Greatest Players and Coaches James Mancuso 96 kb
2007 The ECHL's Greatest Teams James Mancuso 203 kb
2007 The Monarchs Return to Southern Ontario Kevin Shea, Larry Colle, Paul Patskou 80 kb
2007 The Pros are Coming Martin Harris 95 kb
2007 When Mascots Were Barefaced Bill Fitsell 90 kb
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2006 An Interview with Michael McKinley SIHR 25 kb
2006 Changing Seasons Eric Zweig 95 kb
2006 Clinton New York - The Biggest Little Hockey Town in the USA James Mancuso 399 kb
2006 Cyclone Taylor - The View from the Pacific Coast Len Kotylo 38 kb
2006 Getting There is Half the Fun Glen Goodhand 114 kb
2006 Josef Malecek - Hockey's First 1000-Goal Scorer Patrick Houda 80 kb
2006 P.D.Ross Paul Kitchen 25 kb
2006 Small Town Success Story - Douglas and the George Cup Frank Cosentino 156 kb
2006 Spirit of '76 - The Best of Team Canada Murray Greig 19 kb
2006 Team Canada '64 - The Team that Time and Justice Forgot Terry Walker 85 kb
2006 Tex's Rangers and Other Tall Tails Eric Zweig 210 kb
2006 The 1979-80 Philadelphis Flyers - Undefeated in 35 Games Ed Seeney 3166 kb
2006 The Evolving State of Hockey - The 1934-35 St. Paul Saints Roger Godin 38 kb
2006 The Last in a Long Line - Significant "Lasts" in Hockey Glen Goodhand 201 kb
2006 The Memorial and the Man Bill Fitsell 125 kb
2006 The Oshawa Patricias R.Wayne Geen 176 kb
2006 The Probabilities of Winning an NHL Shootout Matt Thomas 120 kb
2006 USHL History - From Surviving to Thriving Jayson Hron 205 kb
2006 What Will They Think of Next? Jean-Patrice Martel 248 kb
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2005 A Critique of Normalized Winning Percentages Iain Fyffe 1060 kb
2005 Ambidextrous Athletes Glen Goodhand 534 kb
2005 Anatomy of a Database Ernie Fitzsimmons 388 kb
2005 Benedict's Mask Eric Zweig 360 kb
2005 End of an Era Eric Zweig 363 kb
2005 Hockey's Fabulous Fables Glen Goodhand 329 kb
2005 John Brophy Seth Lerman 955 kb
2005 Judaism on Ice - REVISED Irv Osterer 1692 kb
2005 Lords of the Rink Murray Greig 387 kb
2005 Morenz and Joliat Murray Greig 490 kb
2005 Overtime Over Time Andreas Szao 498 kb
2005 Remembering Menke Bill Fitsell 719 kb
2005 St. Catharine's Stories John Hewitt 899 kb
2005 Sugar Stories Paul Kitchen 544 kb
2005 Temperature's Rising Len Kotylo 456 kb
2005 The Penalty Shot Joseph Nieforth 958 kb
2005 The Value of the Stanley Cup Eric Zweig 330 kb
2005 The Year of the Mask Fred Addis 424 kb
2005 Walter Andeson Alan Mann 694 kb
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2004 1951: That Crazy Allan Cup Year Ernie Fitzsimmons 679 kb
2004 All-Stars and Stripes Eugene Willis 692 kb
2004 Crucial Scoring Robert Villeneuve 93 kb
2004 Doc Gibson - The Eye in the IHL Bill Fitsell 382 kb
2004 Double Annihilation Matt Thomas 334 kb
2004 Foster was Faster Eric Zweig 671 kb
2004 Game Worn Jerseys Richard G. Lomax 430 kb
2004 Hockey and the Law Lenard Kotylo 443 kb
2004 Hockey Night in Nelson Eric Zweig 202 kb
2004 Houghton: Birthplace of Pro Hockey Bill Sproule 372 kb
2004 IHL Players: Pro Pioneers Ernie Fitzsimmons 995 kb
2004 John Ross Robinson: Hockey Czar R. Wayne Geen 339 kb
2004 Lucky Black Cats Glen Goodhand 661 kb
2004 Moe Roberts: A Career in Bookends Roger Godin 400 kb
2004 Normalized Winning Percentage Ray Flowers 75 kb
2004 Patrick's Early Ambition Edmonton Bulletin 419 kb
2004 Predictions and Promotions Glen Goodhand 62 kb
2004 Sugar Jim Henry Ed Sweeney 154 kb
2004 The Colorful Patricks Francis Donnelan 128 kb
2004 The Falcons Were First Brian Johannesson 217 kb
2004 The George Cup Frank Cosentino 444 kb
2004 The MacNaughton Cup Bill Sproule 709 kb
2004 The Ones that Got Away Paul Kitchen 48 kb
2004 The Plattsburgh Pioneers R. Wayne Geen 50 kb
2004 The Shared Shutout Andreas Szabo 336 kb
2004 Where the Stars Were: Service Hockey in Western Canada (1942-43) Don MacEachern 764 kb
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2003 A Man for All Seasons: Four Multi-Sport Stars from the 1900s Eric Zweig 373 kb
2003 Adjusted Scoring: A Critique od Total Hockey's System Iain Fyffe 166 kb
2003 Anything You Can Do: Recognizing Bobbie Rosenfeld and Hilda Ranscombe Len Kotylo 211 kb
2003 Burlington's Beginnings in 1914 Larry Robertson 429 kb
2003 Chips off the Old Block Glen R. Goodhand 245 kb
2003 Cougar's Hockey: It's All About Family Larry Robertson 183 kb
2003 Jo-Jo Graboski: Requiem for a Great Hockey Player J.W. (Bill) Fitsell 198 kb
2003 Kings of the Crease: Rating the Goalies of the 50s and 60s Iain Fyffe 105 kb
2003 Look Mom, I Made the NHL: The Scoring Exploits of One-Game Wonders Alan Mann 177 kb
2003 Remembering Redheads J.W. (Bill) Fitsell 183 kb
2003 Senior Hockey in Saskatchewan: 1928-1944 Don MacEachern 175 kb
2003 Six of a Kind: A Recap of the Bentleys' Career Don MacEachern 265 kb
2003 Smoke Eaters Sweater was a Life-Saver: The Story of Steve Saprunoff Murray Greigg 205 kb
2003 The 1919 Stanley Cup Championship: The One That Wasn't Frank Cosentino 172 kb
2003 The 1952-53 Bracebridge Kinsmen Eugene Willis 265 kb
2003 The Boys in Summer: NHLers Take to the Diamond Alan Mann 179 kb
2003 The Edmonton Flyers: The First WHL Champions Jim Vantour 174 kb
2003 The Impact of Junior Players on University Hockey: 1963 to 1990 Len Kotylo 152 kb
2003 The Other Brother Glen R. Goodhand 204 kb
2003 The Winnipeg Victorias: Their Last Stanley Cup Challenge Ed Sweeney 58 kb
2003 Was NHL History Made in 1918? The Story of Paul Jacobs James Milks 21 kb
2003 Who's the Greatest Goaltender of All-Time Iain Fyffe 178 kb
2003 Wirephotos: Frozen in Time Murray Greigg 122 kb
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2002 Abandoning the OHA: Toronto's Metro Junior A Hockey League Kevin Shea 1638 kb
2002 Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton: British Hockey Pioneer Martin C. Harris 65 kb
2002 Beyond McSorley: Vicarious Liability of Owners Ron Watson, PhD 82 kb
2002 Big Time NHL On Small-Town Canada Rinks Alan Mann 56 kb
2002 Canadiens, Canadians, Habs or Habs Not Frank Cosentino 79 kb
2002 Eight is Enough: Does "Net" Spell "Nyet" for Coaching in the NHL? Glen R. Goodhand 63 kb
2002 Eric Pettinger: Cowboy Traded for a King Alan Mann 87 kb
2002 Facing the Falcons: The 1920 United States Olympic Team Roger A. Godin 134 kb
2002 From Millionaires to Maple Leafs: Exploring Toronto's Roots in Renfrew Frank Cosentino 65 kb
2002 Here a Gimmick, there a Gimmick: Anything to Gain an Advantage Glen R. Goodhand 63 kb
2002 Hockey Players in Unusual Places: Notre Dame's Multi-Sport Stars Len Kotylo 107 kb
2002 Is There a Doctor in the House? Practice Makes Perfect, On and Off the Ice Glen R. Goodhand 66 kb
2002 Kingston's Claim on Hockey's Birth: Exploring the Roots of the Game J.W. (Bill) Fitsell 54 kb
2002 Remembering a Season to Forget: The 1974-75 Washington Capitals Scott Surgent 168 kb
2002 Report of the Sub-Committee Looking into Claim that Windsor, Nova Scotia, is the... SIHR 251 kb
2002 Scoring the Game's First Goal: 2000-01 NHL Regular Season Results Matt Thomas 102 kb
2002 The 10 Worst Trades of All-Time: Ranked In Order Corey Bryant 84 kb
2002 The Gambling Scandal of 1948: A Black Mark on the Game Corey Bryant 54 kb
2002 The Original Oxford Canadians: Hockey Pioneers and War Heroes Martin C. Harris 75 kb
2002 The Summit Series: The American Officials Roger A. Godin 111 kb
2002 When did this start? J.W. (Bill) Fitsell 63 kb
2002 Where were you in '69: Czech Victory Surpasses 1972 Dramatics Joe Pelletier 56 kb
2002 You say it's your birthday, but who nows for sure? Eric Zweig 63 kb

SIHR did not produce a Journal in 2000

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1999 FROM DEY'S RINK TO BRYDEN’S PALLADIUM Paul Kitchen 48 kb
1999 FROM MORENZ TO GRETZKY: How the Rangers have succeeded with other team's superst... Phil Foreman 60 kb
1999 FROM STOPPERS TO SHOOTERS: Players Who Began as Goalies Glen Goodhand 40 kb
1999 HOCKEY STATISTICS — THE NEW WAVE OF NUMBERS IN THE GAME Paul Bruno 36 kb
1999 JOE TURNER Tony Techko 24 kb
1999 KILLING FRANK McGEE Don Reddick 72 kb
1999 MINNESOTA’S TEAM - THE 1935-36 ST. PAUL SAINTS Roger Godin 52 kb
1999 Nicknames from Glen Goodhand Glen Goodhand 26 kb
1999 SENIOR HOCKEY Lenard Kotylo 44 kb
1999 SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT Bill Kingstone 32 kb
1999 THE 1937-38 NEWYORK AMERICANS - CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR Don O'Hanley 48 kb
1999 THE GENESIS OF DAWSON’S STANLEY CUP CHALLENGE Don Reddick 60 kb
1999 THE HISTORY OF “NEW’’ HOCKEY Michel W. Bujold 44 kb
1999 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANK McGEE SYNOPSIS Leighton Kemmett 36 kb
1999 THE WAYWE WERE - LETTERS - FROM LONG, LONG AGO Jim Walter 40 kb
1999 TWO DECADES LATER, SEALS BOOSTERS KEEP THE FAITH Scott Surgent 40 kb
1999 Vignettes from the first 20 years of The Hockey News Denis Gibbons 24 kb
1999 Violence in Hockey W. Upper 68 kb
1999 WHO’S THE GREATEST GOALTENDER OF ALL TIME Cliff Ash 40 kb
1999 WHY THE TROLLEY LEAGUE? Dan O'Hanley 39 kb

Volume 3

  • "The Other Brother" by Len Kotylo
  • "Montreal Ice-Hockey Rinks" by Michel Vigneault
  • "Shutouts in the Spotlight" by James Duplacey
  • Patriotic Duty: The 1942 AHL All-Star Game" by Chuck Miller
  • "The First Ice Hockey Game in Australia" by Birger Nordmark
  • A Case for Murray Murdoch" by Ed Sweeney
  • "Crossing the Links: The NHL and the British Hockey Leagues" by Martin C. Harris
  • "Yesterday, When We Were Young" by Don O'Hanley
  • "No Scoring is Never Boring" by Robert Kirk
  • "From Hoghee to Hockey: A Search for Origins" Gerald B. Higgs
  • "Stoppers Turned Shooters" by Glen Goodhand
  • "Flashback: The Winnipeg Victorias Win Stanley Cup" by Ed Sweeney
  • "Players Who Became On-Ice Officials" by Glen Goodhand
  • "A Quantitative Analysis of the NHL Entry Draft" by Josh Rosenbluth
  • "American Participation on Stanley Cup-Winning Teams" by Roger Godin
  • "The Specs on the Players Who Wore Glasses in Action" by Glen Goodhand

Volume 2

  • "Is Windsor the Birthplace of Hockey?" by Bill Fitsell
  • "Ron Caron's Trading Record" by Josh Rosenbluth
  • "Is Necessity the Mother of Invention?" by Glen Goodhand
  • "1893: Legends and Facts" by James Duplacey
  • "The Catholic Connection" by Michel Vigneault
  • "Fred Higgenbotham's Lasting Memorial" by William Humber
  • "The Dey Brothers Rinks" by Paul Kitchen
  • "Remebering Hockey's Heroes" by Ed Grenda
  • "The U. of T. Connection" by Len Kotylo
  • "Native North Americans in the NHL" by Glen Goodhand
  • "One-timers, Old-timers and No-timers" by James Duplacey
  • "A Hockey Legend: Bill Mosienko" by Ed Sweeney