Silver Gelatin Seven: A William Notman portrait of the St. John’s School hockey team from Montreal, readying for action in the winter of 1907. Note the goaltender’s pose, in the centre, at the back, foretelling Ken Dryden. (Image: Notman Photographic Archives Collection, McCord Museum)
Novitiates: Young Canadian hockey players line up to show their NHLish colours to photographer Gar Lunney in 1956. (Image: Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board fonds/e011176175)