![]() ![]() The aerial ace was the first Royal Canadian Air Force pilot to shoot down a German plane - a takedown that happened during the Battle of Britain, flying his Hawker Hurricane into the teeth of a strong enemy formation. The old guys jokingly claimed the Allan Cup title retroactively, based on endurance.Įrnest McNab, in the front row, far left, was no sure thing to make the reunion, what with all the shells and flak he dodged during the Second World War. Every member of the team was on hand, unlike the Granites, who were invited but had just one living team member - and he was too sick to travel. This photo does not look at all exciting, but consider this: 47 years after reaching the Allan Cup final and losing to the Toronto Granites, the U of S hockey team met for a 1970 reunion. Ernest McNab, front row middle, has a truly heroic story that will be mentioned in the next photo, so hold on tight, because he certainly did, during the Second World War. The University of Saskatchewan men’s hockey team reached the Allan Cup final in 1923. What they didn’t know, when they made this program, was that the Hilltops would win their first Canadian championship that fall, beating Windsor AKO 34-6 before 7,500 onlookers at Griffiths Stadium. Tucked inside this splashy cover was everything you wanted to know about the 1953 Saskatoon Hilltops. Today’s sports programs just don’t look as good as what they put out in the 1950s. While sipping, they pondered why Saskatoon didn’t have a junior football team, and from there, McKenzie wrote some columns, Richardson got to work, and the Saskatoon Hilltops were born. Article contentįive years earlier, sports editor Cam McKenzie - second from right - bumped into local sportsman Len Richardson on the street, and they stopped for coffee. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The original, a Christmas greeting to readers, remains in our archives. 24, 1952, the StarPhoenix ran a photo of its sports department, minus reporter Walt Riddell, who presumably found something more dignified to do. These stories are ours, belonging to the city and the province. It’s a wide array: An obituary written 32 years too soon, a couple of 16 year olds with fascinating futures, how Saskatoon baseball fans watched the World Series, live, in 1932. The story of these artifacts, these bones, this debris, is also the story of a real history that both lives and breathes. Sharing is good for the soul - so here, Saskatchewan, are some of the things we’re finding, as we dig, dig, dig. The StarPhoenix building is up for sale, and we’re cleaning things out. ![]() We stuff filing cabinets and desk drawers, some of them scattered into far-flung areas of our very large building.īut now we’ve abandoned the old place. Just on the sports side, the digging grounds are deep in papers, programs, photos, negatives, knick-knacks, press releases. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.It’s frustrating because we’re going to need everyone here if we’re going to beat these guys, because they’re a very good hockey team. “We did just enough to beat the Avalanche, but we haven’t played our best hockey since that Vegas series. ![]() “I don’t think we’ve played up to our capabilities in a while now,” said Couture, who leads the league in playoff goals (13) and points (19). Sure, the top two lines are producing - especially Logan Couture - but their bottom six forwards, especially the third line of Joe Thornton, Marcus Sorensen and Kevin Labanc, have gone missing. The biggest is the lack of offensive production from their depth players. San Jose’s experience is on the plus side of the ledger, but there are some disturbing elements in play right now, too. Their second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche was a win-one, lose-one clash in which the Sharks won every odd-numbered game, the benefit of home-ice advantage. In the opening round of the postseason, the Sharks fell behind the Vegas Golden Knights three games to one before winning three in a row - capped by a one-for-the-ages comeback in Game 7, when they erased a three-goal, third-period deficit and won in overtime. ![]()
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