the 1940s canadiens were led by the "punch line" of elmer lach, toe blake and maurice "rocket" richard. in 1944–45, lach, richard and blake finished first, second and third in the all star nhl jerseys scoring race with 80, 73 and 67 points respectively.[51] it was richard who became the focus of the media and fans as he attempted to score 50 goals in a 50 game season, a feat no other player had accomplished in league history.
     in the fall of 1951, maple leafs owner conn smythe watched special television feeds of games in an attempt to determine whether it would be a suitable medium for broadcasting hockey games. television already had its detractors within the nhl star jersey, especially in campbell.[56] in 1952, even though only 10% of canadians owned a television set, the canadian broadcasting corporation (cbc) began televising games.[57] on november 1, 1952, hockey night in canada was first broadcast on television, with foster hewitt calling the action between the leafs and bruins at maple leaf gardens. the broadcasts quickly became the highest-rated show on canadian television.[56] campbell feared televised hockey would cause people to stop attending games in person, but smythe felt the opposite.
     we monitor him and he also had that 4-5 day break for the all-star game, tippett said. "so the actual minutes and games played is probably behind what he had at this time last year. but we monitor him every day. he's feeling great. he feels he has a lot of energy and in chicago blackhawks camo jersey, he's proven himself very well."
     the nhl draws many highly skilled players from all over the world and currently has players from about 20 different countries.[6] although canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the flyers hockey jersey, over the past four plus decades the percentages of american and european trained players have increased both because of the nhl's continued expansion from six to thirty clubs since 1967, and the increased availability of highly skilled european players, especially from former eastern bloc countries.[7]
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