Player Profiles (1950-1971)

Throughout most of the ‘50s and ‘60s, Canadians gathered around their radios, black-and-white televisions or at the local arena to celebrate the game of hockey on their Saturday nights.

For Edmontonians, there were many local heroes—men like Al Rollins, Al Arbour, Norm Ullman, Glenn Hall and John Bucyk; players who would all star in the NHL after playing for the Edmonton Flyers.

But there were plenty of non-NHL heroes too; men like Leo LeClerc and Clare Drake who worked to build the amateur hockey scene in the city.

In a time before colour TV and the Internet brought the game into our homes 24 hours a day, seven days a week, black-and-white heroes invaded television sets across the country.  They were a reminder of a hopeful time when oil was new and the war was over.

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