A Look At Bad Joe Hall (Part One)

Joe Hall tragically passed away as a result of the Spanish Flu pandemic that cancelled the 1919 Stanley Cup finals.

Joe Hall was the misunderstood bully of the hockey world during his time playing professional hockey. An absolute mercenary on the ice, teammates and also opponents swear that he was the nicest guy in the world once you got him off the ice, refuting the "Bad Joe" moniker he'd once been given by a journalist looking to sell some newspapers that seemed to carry on for his whole life.

"He wasn't mean," said friend and teammate Joe Malone, "despite what a lot of people said about him. He certainly liked to deal out a heavy check and he was always ready to take it as well as dish it out. That in itself was remarkable when you consider that Joe weighed in at a hundred fifty pounds. As far as I'm concerned he should have been known as 'Plain' Joe Hall and not 'Bad' Joe Hall. That always was a bum rap."