The Hull-Ottawa Canadiens visited the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers on this date in 1961. The Canadiens were atop the EPHL table with 78 points, the Beavers third with 59.
The Beavers were the former Trois-Rivières Lions who had played in the Quebec Hockey League from 1955 till 1959 and in the EPHL in its inaugural season. In 1960 the Lions relocated to Kitchener in search of higher attendance figures. The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium had become available when the Kitchener Dutchmen ended their run there. The Dutchmen had been members of the OHA’s Senior A league, but played a shortened season in 1959-60 in order to represent Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where they won silver. Cliff Pennington was on that Olympic team.
Pennington was a hot property in 1961. He had scored 62 goals as a junior with the Flin Flon Bombers in 1958-59. He led the EPHL in scoring in 1960-61, despite being called up to the Montreal Canadiens. But he would go on to play only one complete and two partial seasons in the NHL, mostly with Boston.
The Beavers were affiliates of the New York Rangers. Clubs in that part of Ontario had been feeding the Rangers system for years. The Kitchener Rangers of the OHL reflect that history in their name and uniform.
There’s a Trois-Rivières Lions in the ECHL today.
First period: goal by Gray (Hull).
Second period: goal by Ronson (Kitchener).
Third period: goals by Ellett (Hull) and Stratton (Kitchener).
Ricki Lamie is back at Queen’s Park. He first played for them in 2013-14. And he played for Morton from 2014 to 2018. Source.
Morton visit Lesser Hampton for a match against Queen’s Park. Morton are fifth sixth with 30 points, Queen’s Park eighth with 24. Morton are 1 point off last year’s pace.
This is Queen’s Park’s fourth year in the Championship. They finished 2022-23 third with 58 points, 2023-24 eighth with 43, and 2024-25 eighth with 35. They are roughly on track to equal last year’s performance.
[Queen’s Park 3 – 2 Morton. Morton goal by Wilson and an own goal.]
The other Championship matches: Raith Rovers (7th) (6th) 0 – 0 St Johnstone (1st) (yesterday) Arbroath (3rd) [4 – 2] Dunfermline Athletic (6th) Ayr United (4th) [0 – 0] Ross County (10th) Partick Thistle (2nd) [1 – 0] Airdrieonians (9th)
Other matches: SV Darmstadt 98 [2 – 1] Fortuna Düsseldorf Wick Academy [1 – 2] Turriff United Celtic B [3 – 1] Clydebank Greenock [1 – 1] Maryhill Yoker Athletic [0 – 2] Port Glasgow Coldstream [2 – 0] Burntisland Shipyard Rossvale [4 – 0] Morton Women (tomorrow) Elfen Saitama [0 – 1] Omiya Ardija (tomorrow)
J1 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 3: Yokohama F Marinos (9th) [0 – 2] Urawa Red Diamonds (4th) Tokyo Verdy (1st) [2 – 2] Machida Zelvia (3rd) [Verdy win on PK] Kawasaki Frontale (2nd) [1 – 2] FC Tokyo (6th) Kashima Antlers (5th) [2 – 0] Kashiwa Reysol (10th) Mito HollyHock (7th) [1 – 1] JEF United (8th) [Mito win on PK] (tomorrow)
This half-penny token was struck in 1814 to commemorate the naval victory of HMS Shannon under Captain Philip Broke over the USS Chesapeake. Whenever the city of Halifax gets to the bottom of its emergency fund they find this coin. Source.
Neil Lennon and Jim Duffy were ready for a square go in 2017, but shook hands in the end. That’s Lawrence Shankland over Duffy’s shoulder. Source.
Lennon’s Dunfermline Athletic return to Cappielow for a Tuesday nighter to make up for the match postponed January 10th. Dunfermline are fifth in the Championship with 29 points, Morton seventh with 27. The Pars have two games in hand.
Morton’s season is two-thirds over. They’re on track to finish with 40 or 41 points, not completely safe from relegation. At the moment they’re 5 points out of fourth place and 4 points out of ninth.
By my count this is Lennon’s ninth game against Morton. He has won twice: 2013/9/24 Celtic 0 – 1 Morton 2016/8/27 Hibs 4 – 0 Morton 2016/12/17 Morton 1 – 1 Hibs 2017/3/29 Hibs 0 – 0 Morton 2017/4/8 Morton 1 – 1 Hibs 2025/5/2 Morton 2 – 0 Dunfermline 2025/8/2 Morton 0 – 0 Dunfermline 2025/11/22 Dunfermline 1 – 0 Morton
[Morton win 2 – 0 on goals by Brophy and MacPherson.]
Scottish Challenge Cup, QF: St Johnstone [3 – 3] Ayr United [Ayr win on PK]
Lowland League Cup, QF: Broxburn Athletic [0 – 1] Cumbernauld Colts Civil Service Strollers vs Tranent [postponed] Linlithgow Rose vs Clydebank [postponed] Gala Fairydean Rovers [2 – 0] Bonnyrigg Rose (tomorrow)
Concacaf Champions Cup, R1, leg 1: Atlético Ottawa [0 – 2] Nashville SC Cartaginés (Costa Rica) [0 – 0] Vancouver Whitecaps (tomorrow)
It’s the return of Dougie Imrie as his new team Raith Rovers visit Cappielow. Raith are sixth in the Championship with 28 points, Morton seventh with 26. 26 is the total number of points Morton earned in the relegation year of 2013-14.
Not so long ago Imrie was in charge at Morton and Morton’s new manager Ian Murray was in charge at Raith Rovers. What’s their record against one another? 2022/8/13 Murray 2 – 1 Imrie 2022/10/15 Imrie 1 – 0 Murray 2022/12/10 Murray 1 – 1 Imrie (Murray won on PK) 2022/12/23 Murray 2 – 2 Imrie 2023/4/22 Imrie 1 – 0 Murray 2023/8/12 Murray 3 – 2 Imrie 2023/10/31 Imrie 1 – 2 Murray 2024/2/27 Murray 0 – 0 Imrie 2024/4/27 Imrie 0 – 0 Murray
Where have Morton’s 26 points come from? 7 Ross County 5 Arbroath 4 Queen’s Park 3 Airdrieonians 2 Ayr United 2 Partick Thistle 1 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Raith Rovers 1 St Johnstone
An international business interest named Estrella Football Group wants to invest in Morton. Story.
Morton have signed goalkeeper Murray Johnson on loan from Hibs.
Hamilton Academical have been docked six more points. That’s twenty-one on the season.
[Morton 0 – 0 Raith Rovers]
The other Championship matches: Airdrieonians (8th) 0 – 1 St Johnstone (1st) (yesterday) This was a Plenty of Nothing Championship League Cup semi-final. It sets up a March 21st final between Partick Thistle and St Johnstone. Arbroath (3rd) vs Ayr United (4th) [postponed] This is an A Ton of Snow Championship Consolation Cup Round One match.* Dunfermine Athletic (5th) vs Partick Thistle (2nd) [postponed] Ross County (9th) [0 – 1] Queen’s Park (10th)
*Once the Championship League Cup finalists are known, the other eight clubs embark on the Consolation Cup. I’ve run this cup for four years so far and never once had a winner, because there are never enough fixtures left in the season to get to the final. This year I’m making a format change to try to speed things up. Instead of pairing up the teams according to their places in last season’s standings, I’ll choose the set of four fixtures that can be completed the soonest, barring postponements. One of those is today [but it’s postponed] and the other three are on February 28th.
Scottish Challenge Cup, QF (February 10): St Johnstone vs Ayr United (postponed)
J1 100 Year Vision League East, week 2: Machida Zelvia (4th) [2 – 2] Mito HollyHock (9th) [Zelvia win on PK] Kashima Antlers (7th) [1 – 0] Yokohama F Marinos (6th) FC Tokyo (5th) [1 – 1] Urawa Red Diamonds (3rd) [FC Tokyo win on PK] JEF United Chiba (10th) [0 – 0] Kawasaki Frontale (1st) (tomorrow) [Kawasaki in on PK] Kashiwa Reysol (8th) [1 – 2] Tokyo Verdy (2nd) (tomorrow) [Draws go to penalty kicks. The winner gets 2 points, the loser 1.]
Other matches: Elfen Saitama [4 – 0] Nagano Parceiro Fortuna Düsseldorf [0 – 0] Preußen Münster [yesterday] Clydebank [1 – 2] Tranent Hurlford United vs Largs Thistle [postponed] Bellshill Athletic vs Greenock [postponed] Port Glasgow [3 – 1] Glenvale Coldstream vs Fauldhouse United [postponed]
Lowland League Cup, R1 (February 10): Berwick Rangers 1 – 2 Bonnyrigg Rose
West of Scotland League Cup, R3: Lanark United vs Auchinleck Talbot [postponed]
West of Scotland League Cup, R4: Drumchapel United [4 – 0] East Kilbride Thistle Irvine Meadow XI vs Benburb [postponed]
Concacaf Champions Cup, R1, leg 2: UANL 4 – 1 Forge (February 10) Cruz Azul 5 – 0 Vancouver FC (February 12) BothForge and Vancouver FC are out.
2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, league phase, matchday 7: Vissel Kobe 2 – 0 FC Seoul (February 10) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 1 Johoe Darul Ta’zim (February 10) Shanghai Shenhua 0 – 2 Machida Zelvia (February 10)
2025-26 AFC Champions League Two, Round of 16, leg 1: Pohang Steelers 1 – 1 Gamba Osaka (February 12)
Excavation of the Roman arena of Lutetia, discovered in the 1860s during construction of a tramway depot for the Parisian Compagnie Générale des Omnibus. Source.
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