On the evening of December 1, 1927. On that night the Rangers played here and after that things were forever changed in the sport of hockey. The game between the Maroons and the Rangers that night saw the unveiling of the Art Ross net, which is pretty much the same net as we use today, except that the moorings have now been replaced by plastic ones so as to avert serious injuries upon impact.
The net was two inches wider than its predecessor. The goalies pads were reduced by two inches as well. The net was in the shape of a 3 in the back, which made the puck less likely to bounce out quickly, which was a problem sometimes because it was occasionally hard to tell if a puck went in or not, but even in this 1-1 draw, the Maroons goal saw the puck bounce out at rapid speed, so the problem was not immediately solved. The crossbar was also different but it's not clear exactly how. The Maroon goalie liked it fine but the Ranger goalie said he kept on backing into it. Art Ross, who was from Westmount, designed the net.
I don't know. They were in Montreal on December 1st but they were not playing the Canadiens.
ReplyDeleteWas this the first time a team made a line change and no one knew if it was against the rules or not?
Um, no it's not that line change thing.
ReplyDeleteThe Canadiens might not have had anything to say, but I am sure the Maroons did
ReplyDeleteYeah the Maroons tied the powerful Rangers 1-1 that night. The Maroons had won the Stanley Cup in 1926.
ReplyDeleteDid one of the teams pull their goalie?
ReplyDeleteOn another note, instead of all that blather about a second Toronto team, wouldn't it be cool if the Maroons were brought back?