The Hockey Story Nobody Knows ...
In 1940, when Detroit Red Wing soon-to-be superstar, Ted Lindsay, was 15 years old and played for the Holy Name Irish "Juvenile" Kirkland Lake hockey team, he and his teammates travelled by train 230 miles to Port Colborne, Ontario, population 18,300, to face the local team for the province's division championship. Fun Fact: In the 1940's, the town of Kirkland Lake, Ontario had a population of approximately 25,000 -- yet 42 boys from that tiny mining town made it to the NHL. Lindsay was the first. Lindsay's opponent team was led by the soon-to-be Toronto Maple Leaf superstar, Ted Kennedy. Following that championship game (won by Lindsay), both boys would move on to spectacular careers with their NHL clubs. Ted Lindsay #7 Lindsay would become captain of his Wings and earn four Stanley Cups, and Kennedy would captain his Leafs and be the first player in NHL history to earn five Stanley Cups. Ted "Teeder" Kennedy #9 Today, both players have bronze stat...