Great Kingston Hockey Stories

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At the Original Hockey Hall of Fame, we've been busy compiling some of the fascinating stories about Kingston hockey greats. Here are just a few of them:

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Jim Gilchrist has seen huge changes to junior hockey over 50 years

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Morgan McHaffie and the longest game in college history

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Bill Taugher backstopped Kingston to the Memorial Cup tournament

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John Tripp says fitness is the key to success

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Jim Morrison is the top coach in Kingston franchise history

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Jay McKee wants to win a Stanley Cup

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The first Kingston Canadians faced some tough challenges

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The Red Barons alumni are having an impact 50 years later

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Queen's player wins gold at world university games

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Max Jackson was the voice of the Kingston Canadians

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Hunter Drew defies the odds to make it to NHL

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Wren Blair saved the Kingston junior hockey franchise

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CHL Coach of the Year Jim Hulton

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The founding of the Kingston Canadians - with a little help from Jean Beliveau

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The history of the puck: Fiery comets, wooden pucks and bouncing balls

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Jamie Arniel was a black ace in Boston's Stanley Cup win in 2011

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Dale Morrisey's documentary is a tribute to Leafs fans and their storied history

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Ron Davidson played Olympic hockey for Canada in 1980

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Rob Plumb skated in the era of the Broad Street Bullies

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Willie O'Ree played with the Kingston Frontenacs in the EPHL and was the first black player in the NHL

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Bill Barilko scored a Stanley Cup winning goal and was memorialized by Kingston band The Tragically Hip

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Taylor Hall won the Memorial Cup twice  - and was named tournament MVP both times

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Ron Plumb's Hockey Night in Scotland adventure

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Rick Paterson has won four Stanley Cups

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Chris MacDonald: Scouting in the midst of a pandemic

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Harry Sinden on the 1972 Canada-USSR hockey series

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Former Kingston player Scott Howson now heads the AHL

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Remembering hockey historian Bill Fitsell

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Mural at Invista Centre marks the founding of the Memorial Cup

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The Apps Family Dynasty

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Jim Dorey: Pugilist and WHA Champion

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The Amazing Conacher Brothers - the only instance of three siblings being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

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Doug Gilmour may be the only player in history to score a winning goal in both the Memorial Cup and the Stanley Cup

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Bernie Nicholls talks about Shane Wright breaking his Kingston rookie scoring record and the impact of concussions on him

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Bob Ferguson continues a family hockey tradition started by his father, NHL star Lorne Ferguson

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Tom Carty, frustrated by low pay in pro hockey, turned to the classroom

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Bob Murray's hockey journey of 1,000 games played and 1,000 games managed

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Scott Arniel's quest for the Stanley Cup

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Chris Clifford scores first goal by a goalie in OHL

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Don Cherry and the Kingston origins of the Memorial Cup

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Hockey historian Bill Fitsell and the discovery of 13-year-old Bobby Orr

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The Kingston Kids for Kids hockey tournament grew out of the devastating ice storm of 1998

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Ken Linseman and the Kingston Midgets went to the national finals in 1974 - and he's still mad about losing

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The Kingston Voyageurs brought the city an Ontario championship in 2009

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Kingston sportsman Ron Earl raises money for Alzheimer's

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The story behind the Jock Harty Arena and the quest for a new rink at Queen's 

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Rick Smith, who played with Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito on the 1970 Stanley Cup winning Bruins

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The Red Barons, who led a renaissance in women's hockey in Kingston

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Kirk Muller and his Stanley Cup winning goal

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Garry Young, Kingston's pipeline to the Boston Bruins

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Bruce Landon, the saviour of hockey in Springfield, Massachusetts

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Jayna Hefford, Kingston's most-decorated Olympian

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Kingston's only trip to the Memorial Cup, featuring a team with players from the Junior Frontenacs, Queen's and RMC.

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The story of two black players who paved the way for today's black stars like PK Subban and Jarome Iginla.

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Kingston's NHL draft greats, including Kirk Muller and Taylor Hall.

Bruiser and playmaker Wayne Cashman, who was the last player of an Original Six team to retire.

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A Kingston Canadians goalie who helped win Gold at the very first World Juniors.

Kingston players have 5 Stanley Cup winning goals, which is pretty amazing for a small city.

Scotty Davidson was a talented right winger who was killed in action in the First World War.

Kingston's Bun Cook developed both the slap shot and drop pass.

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Richardson Stadium is a football field, but its namesake was a hockey star.

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Kingston's Golden Era of Hockey was the 1950s and 1960s

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Kingston's Hank Goldup served in the Second World War

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"Squeak" Reason was a founder of the Kingston Voyageurs

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Ken Linseman challenged the pro draft age

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Dennis Kearns started in the CAL and worked his way onto the Vancouver Canucks

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