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HOWE
Gordie Howe played his first NHL season in Detroit in 1946 and was still skating in the league more than thirty years later.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CANADIENS
Montreal's club dates to 1909, which makes it the oldest in the league and the only one from that original six with a name that predates the NHL itself.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ZAMBONI
Frank Zamboni built his first ice resurfacing machine in Paramount, California, in 1949, and it eventually took over every rink on this list.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LEAFS
Toronto took the name Maple Leafs in 1927, after Conn Smythe bought the team that had been called the St. Patricks.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Original Six hockey word search, free to print or play on screen. Boston to Toronto, with a Saturday night game crackling on the radio.

About The Original Six

For twenty-five seasons, from 1942 to 1967, the National Hockey League was six teams and no more. Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York and Toronto traded the Stanley Cup back and forth, and a kid in any of those cities knew every player on the other five rosters. Think wool sweaters and organ music in old barns like the Boston Garden, with a Saturday night broadcast and the whole family around the set.

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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