Well, our fantasies became Gene “Scoop” Koerner’s reality as he did that and much more when he became the Blueshirts practice goalie in the 1970s.

Chief among them was Boston’s third-round pick from the 2020 NHL Draft, Forward Trevor Kuntar. The 6′ winger skated on a line with Jaxon Nelson and Patrick Brown. All game, the trio made their ...

Goaltenders Lorne “Gump” Worsley and Johnny Bower had a lot in common. Both made their NHL debuts with the New York Rangers in the 1950s, both have earned multiple Vezina Trophies, both are members of ...

Meanwhile, Bower, who had been assigned to Vancouver of the WHL in 1954, was moved to the Providence Reds of the AHL in 1955. However, the next season the Rangers wanted to move Marcel Paille, who ...