Patriotic Duty: The 1942 American Hockey League All-Star Game NOTE: This article originally appeared in 1997, in the pages of Hockey Ink! magazine. Before American troops were part of World War II, ice hockey already felt the effects of Europe’s terrible conflict. Canadian soldiers were already sailing to protect England, to help liberate France, to do whatever was necessary to stop the advancing Axis powers. By 1941, North American professional hockey teams wilted… http://chuckthewriter.blog/2026/10/23/patriotic-duty-the-1942-american-hockey-league-all-star-game/