Partial game audio from Blades vs Toros TV Broadcast
Rare audio of a Global TV WHA broadcast which featured the Baltimore Blades and the Toronto Toros March of 1975 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The announcers are Mike Anscombe and Carl Brewer.
Despite the fact that the league could be traced back to 1895, the WPHL wasn't officially started until the 1901-02 season. In 1901, Arthur Sixsmith, a former member of the Ottawa Senators, traveled to Pittsburgh and met with local promoter. The two men, along with the manager of the Duquesne Gardens, then formally established the WPHL
In 1895, Pittsburgh officials, constructed the Schenley Park Casino which featured the first artificial ice-making plant in North America. The 1895-96 winter season also saw the first introduction of hockey in the city. On December 30, 1895, the Pittsburgh Press made mention of a “great international hockey and polo tournament” opening game at the Casino. The newspaper reported that a team consisting of ten players from Queen's University played against a group of local players from Western University (today the University of Pittsburgh) and Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost (today Duquesne University) and a half-hour of exhibition of hockey was played before the polo match. The paper noted that 2,500 to 3,000 fans showed up to watch the game, despite claims of bad weather. No score or records were reportedly kept but the paper did note that the team from Queen's University outplayed the Pittsburghers, who had never played the game before
Rare audio of a Global TV WHA broadcast which featured the Baltimore Blades and the Toronto Toros March of 1975 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The announcers are Mike Anscombe and Carl Brewer.
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