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Stan Fischler grew up wanting to be a goalie. In 1966, he finally had the opportunity to do so, and he got to face shots from New York Rangers star Rod Gilbert. This is Stan's story.

Shortly after World War II -- before the television era -- magazine reading peaked both in the United States and Canada. Stan Fischler looks at a particular feature on Conn Smythe, written by a writer that meant a lot to Stan.

They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but when it came to Detroit Red Wings forward Fern Gauthier, you couldn't tell the fiction from the truth. Stan Fischler looks back at a story from the old magazine, 'Blueline'.

With the 1950-51 New York Rangers struggling to perform on the ice, they did the next logical thing to turn things around: they hired a hypnotist.

World War 2 had ended and pre-war aces returned to their respective NHL teams. One of them was left wing Lynn Patrick whose father, Lester, managed the Rangers, who said Lynn's "legs were done." Turns out, he wasn't far off.

Stan Fischler looks at the 1952 NHL all-star teams, dominated by players from Detroit and Montreal. Plus, he looks at the Calder Trophy race, won by Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion.

Like the New York Rangers of this past season, who handsomely rebounded from a non-playoff year to become an elite NHL team, the 1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs did likewise. Stan Fischler looks at what that group became.

Stan Fischler looks back at the time the Pittsburgh Hornets won the AHL's Calder Cup back in 1952, led by coach King Clancy and featuring a host of future NHLers, including Tim Horton.

The 1951 Stanley Cup final was memorable for many reasons, but for the Montreal Canadiens, it wasn't an easy pill to swallow.

Over 70 years ago, Max Bentley was trying to decide whether or not continue his career at the grand old age of 32. He stuck around, and continued to thrive at an age few NHLers at the time were able to reach.

It was fitting that the infamous 1997 Avalanche/Red Wings brawl happened at ‘The Joe.’ The Red Wings would finally get their man and Darren McCarty would at long last exact his revenge.

Stan Fischler looks back at how Joe Primeau led the Toronto Maple Leafs to a fourth Stanley Cup in five years in the early 1950s, but still didn't manage last long with the organization.

Stan Fischler looks back at how some mid-1940s acquisitions helped the Toronto Maple Leafs find success.