Today is the 90th anniversary of the Boston Bruins first Stanley Cup win 3/29/2019
Photo from March 29, 1929. Hitch (left) is sporting a "plaster" over his left eye protecting several stitches he got in an earlier game. (from Hitchman scrapbook, newspaper source unknown)
Boston beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on March 29, 1929, to win the Stanley Cup for the first time.
Book released in the leadup to the 90th anniversary of the Boston Bruins first Stanley Cup win 3/21/2019
Photo features Hitch, the "Titan of Boston Defence" Boston Herald, March 21, 1929, page 35, the night of the second game against the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
On March 16, 1929, the Boston Bruins finished their regular 44-game season with 57 points, a new record in the NHL's American division.
On Becoming a Writer 3/16/2019
Lionel Hitchman, "Hitch," on the front cover of the Boston American sports section, the first night the Boston Bruins played in the new Boston Garden, November 20, 1928. He indeed was larger than life!
For my first book, I wrote a biography of my grandfather, Lionel Hitchman: Hitch, Hockey's Unsung Hero. A perfect choice. His story was ever present in our family, but not well known elsewhere, even though he was compelling and larger than life.