View Full Version : The Hockey Obscurities/Trivia Thread
Puppet Guy
01-31-2013, 03:33 PM
Having seen so much cool and obscure stuff in the Guess the Goalie thread and in the various jersey threads, I figure that there's a place for a thread like this. to start, I don't know if these were ever intended to be used as official logos/jerseys or were just "rough drafts", but it's interesting to see what could've been for the following teams:
http://www.martinthecollector.com/uploads/2/8/7/3/2873649/9746279.jpg?221x294
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TwAbZhMGVEw/S60pPDHSJeI/AAAAAAAAKAA/nxNkz7Ar1DM/s400/blues.jpg
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/001/759/122/images_display_image.jpg?1325684503
trumpethead
01-31-2013, 03:44 PM
The first pro team for Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/Indianapolis_racers.png/150px-Indianapolis_racers.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indianapolis_racers.png)
Puppet Guy
01-31-2013, 03:45 PM
a look at the Minnesota Fighting Saints (version 1) of the WHA, complete with plexiglass boards:
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In 1971, the Boston Bruins signed Bobby Orr to a five-year deal worth $200,000 per season. The contract was the first million dollar contract in NHL history.
Bobby Hull and son Brett are the only father son duo to win the Hart trophy.
Craig McTavish was the NHL player to play without a helmet.
Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons was the first golaie to wear mask - not Plante.
Canadiens great, Ken Dryen won the Conn Snythe trophy after the Habs won the Cup in 71. Next year he won the Calder as the leagues best rookie.
A Stars jersey that was rejected/abandoned last second:
http://i.imgur.com/k4SqH0r.jpg
Mike Keenan saved us all from this monstrosity:
http://i.imgur.com/Vsk1NaC.jpg
A Stars jersey that was rejected/abandoned last second:
http://i.imgur.com/k4SqH0r.jpg
Shame, would have been a challenger for the ugliest on record.
Mike Keenan saved us all from this monstrosity:
http://i.imgur.com/Vsk1NaC.jpg
I stand corrected :P
Puppet Guy
01-31-2013, 04:02 PM
The checkered pattern for the centre ice line was started when games were broadcast on tv in black and white - the viewer could then tell where the play was. Now they're a bit more creative:
http://metronewsca.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/jgw105074189_20130108134540.jpg?w=618&h=408&crop=1
http://news.sportslogos.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Calgary-Flames-Red-Line.jpg
CaptainCrunch
01-31-2013, 04:16 PM
Howie Morenz once scored a goal by skating the length of the ice backwards.
The All-Star game came to be after Eddie Shore nearly killed Irving "Ace" Baily with a vicious body check and ended his career, the All-Star game was used to raise money for Baily and in a strange moment Eddie Shore who was playing in the game shook Bailey's hand and apologized. It was the last apology uttered by Shore in his life.
There used to be 6 players on the ice at the time, 3 forwards two defensemen and a rover.
It used to be illegal for goalies to drop to their knees.
The first time a goalie was pulled near the end of a game a too many men on the ice penalty was issued because it had never been done before.
Puppet Guy
01-31-2013, 04:34 PM
John Wayne starred in Idol of the Crowds in 1937, about a chicken farmer who becomes captain of the New York Rangers. Evidently being able to skate wasn't a prerequisite for the role.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TwAbZhMGVEw/SPZG_owjvuI/AAAAAAAAEfw/0_0rnYnvjm4/s320/johnwayne2.jpg
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CaptainCrunch
01-31-2013, 04:44 PM
He can't be much worse the Rob Lowe
habernac
01-31-2013, 04:49 PM
Russell Crowe in Mystery Alaska was pretty awful. Slap Shot was supposed to star Al Pacino, but Newman was a better skater.
OILFAN #81
01-31-2013, 04:49 PM
When San Jose entered the league in the early 90's they had a contest to come up with the team name. Whichever name got the most votes, would be the name of the team. "Sharks" actually came in 2nd. The 1st place name? The San Jose Blades. That was rejected by the organization as they felt it could be referred to crime and those areas so they went with the 2nd place finisher, the Sharks.
Flamesguy_SJ
01-31-2013, 05:12 PM
When San Jose entered the league in the early 90's they had a contest to come up with the team name. Whichever name got the most votes, would be the name of the team. "Sharks" actually came in 2nd. The 1st place name? The San Jose Blades. That was rejected by the organization as they felt it could be referred to crime and those areas so they went with the 2nd place finisher, the Sharks.
http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article152932.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/films-image-5-172208926.jpg
pylon
01-31-2013, 05:13 PM
Nobody believed me about this in the CP live draft.
But Dirk Graham, was the first black captain in the history of the NHL.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/315/658/graham_display_image.jpg?1280186091
Resolute 14
01-31-2013, 05:16 PM
Howie Morenz once scored a goal by skating the length of the ice backwards.
So did Duke Keats.
In the very first hockey game between a team from Calgary and a team from Edmonton, the match was so violent that a Calgary player lost an eye.
Steamer Maxwell quit hockey in 1915 because he was upset that fellow players were getting paid.
GirlySports
01-31-2013, 05:17 PM
http://mit.zenfs.com/206/2011/07/TARO-copy.jpg
pylon
01-31-2013, 05:23 PM
^^^^ That's hilarious, never heard of this before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Tsujimoto
mustache ride
01-31-2013, 05:24 PM
http://mit.zenfs.com/206/2011/07/TARO-copy.jpg
Wasn't that guy made up?
ClubFlames
01-31-2013, 05:29 PM
In 1971, the Boston Bruins signed Bobby Orr to a five-year deal worth $200,000 per season. The contract was the first million dollar contract in NHL history.
Bobby Hull and son Brett are the only father son duo to win the Hart trophy.
Craig McTavish was the NHL player to play without a helmet.
Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons was the first golaie to wear mask - not Plante.
Canadiens great, Ken Dryen won the Conn Snythe trophy after the Habs won the Cup in 71. Next year he won the Calder as the leagues best rookie.
I'm sure there were more. Lots more.
pylon
01-31-2013, 05:34 PM
I'm sure there were more. Lots more.
I am sure he meant 'last' player.
I think he beat out Brad Marsh and Doug Wilson each by one season.
ClubFlames
01-31-2013, 05:37 PM
I am sure he meant 'last' player.
I think he beat out Brad Marsh and Doug Wilson each by one season.
Ah, I wasn't aware of that.
Caged Great
01-31-2013, 05:38 PM
Wasn't that guy made up?
yes.
albertGQ
01-31-2013, 05:39 PM
Wayne Gretzky had a season where he got at least one point in 77 out of 80 games. And another season where he scored at least one point in 72 out of 74 games
Magnum PEI
01-31-2013, 05:42 PM
Quebec was going to switch to these until they moved to Denver.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/spyboy1/TSG%20Blog/1995-96Nordiquesjerseys.png
pylon
01-31-2013, 05:45 PM
http://www.itsarinklife.com/images/25.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/spyboy1/TSG%20Blog%203/PhiladelphiaFlyers81-82BarberCooperalls.jpg
Cooperalls werent discontinued because they were god-awful ugly, they were for safety concerns (For the record, I thought they looked awesome):
Following considerable criticism[1] and concern for player safety, as they provided less friction with the ice during a fall causing players to slide more violently into the boards, the NHL banned the use of long pants
Hatter
01-31-2013, 05:48 PM
(For the record, I thought they looked awesome):
Your opinion is bad. ;)
Derek Sutton
01-31-2013, 05:56 PM
http://www.itsarinklife.com/images/25.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/spyboy1/TSG%20Blog%203/PhiladelphiaFlyers81-82BarberCooperalls.jpg
Cooperalls werent discontinued because they were god-awful ugly, they were for safety concerns (For the record, I thought they looked awesome):
Actually its a nice look with the Microns. If only I could find a pair of Cooperalls to where today.
pylon
01-31-2013, 05:57 PM
Your opinion is bad. ;)
Hey man, in my minor hockey days, Cooperalls were all the rage. You weren't in the cool kid club without a pair in the early 80's. That and a pair of Bauer Supreme Custom 100's, and a Cooper XL7 helmet.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdBIwxqtVz0yQd_zQrRLwzQWpcglT1E KDwgh-lEMyByEa-2GXXkg
Another little known fact, Crow's head antenna from MST3K was a Cooper XL7 mask.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVSW53V2Za3OIFZbKKFE_2SUvqR8JYi O_G4IUFWD3oqFuQCXCjjg
Derek Sutton
01-31-2013, 05:57 PM
Edmonton is the only team to have three Brothers all play goal for the same team.
Derek Sutton
01-31-2013, 06:01 PM
The Greztkys are highest scoring brother's in NHL history
Barnes
01-31-2013, 06:06 PM
Malkin is currently 56th in points in the NHL and 2nd in points in the KHL.
Magnum PEI
01-31-2013, 06:15 PM
The Kings use to wear yellow pants.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4648403269_33e4534492_b.jpg
The Capitals wore white pants.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X0HUKtfuZYg/SDOtA1me1WI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/vuMaVBK91YU/s400/white+pants+goal+2.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X0HUKtfuZYg/R3QcJYqb5vI/AAAAAAAAABM/OFpWmPp5plM/s320/white+pants.JPG
Charles O. Finley - owner of the NHL California Golden Seals- required his players to wear white skates
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/spyboy1/TSG%20Blog/seals_whiteskates.jpg
Enoch Root
01-31-2013, 06:24 PM
Charles O. Finley - owner of the NHL California Golden Seals- required his players to wear white skates
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/spyboy1/TSG%20Blog/seals_whiteskates.jpg
In order to keep them white, they kept painting them, and over the course of the year, they got heavier and heavier.
Needless to say, they weren't a very good hockey team
Vulcan
01-31-2013, 06:58 PM
The first pro team for Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/Indianapolis_racers.png/150px-Indianapolis_racers.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indianapolis_racers.png)
and the story is Skalbania lost Gretzky in a backgamon game to Pocklington.
"It all started in a private jet between Nelson Skalbania and Peter Pocklington, and it was a backgammon game with pretty high stakes as it turns out," said Larry Gordon, who was the Oilers' general manager in 1978. "Peter won that game and there was a wager made, some money exchanged hands and Wayne Gretzky, Eddie Mio and Peter Driscoll ended up in Edmonton Oilers uniforms.
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=430450
Barnes
01-31-2013, 07:02 PM
http://www.seattlehockey.net/Seattle_Hockey_Homepage/Seattle_and_the_NHL.html
An interesting article about the history between Seattle and the NHL. I didn't know any of this.
I have a hat with that Sen's logo in the OP.
puckluck2
01-31-2013, 07:12 PM
Nm
Jacks
01-31-2013, 07:12 PM
George Hainsworth holds the record for shutouts in one season at 22. Even more impressive is that he did it in only 44 games.
Maurice Richard once scored 5 goals and 3 assists in one game. Earlier that day he helped move his family including a piano!
Resolute 14
02-01-2013, 08:18 AM
^As a direct result of Hainsworth's season, the NHL changed its rules to allow for forward passing in the offensive zone. Scoring went from 3 goals per game in 1928-29 to 7 goals per game in 1929-30 because of it, which led directly to the NHL creating the offside rule to eliminate cherry picking.
Speaking of rule changes, the NHL introduced the icing rule after Charles Adams protested against the defensive tactic of repeatedly firing the puck down the ice by commanding his Bruins to do so every chance they got. Boston iced the puck 87 times in a 0-0 game against the New York Americans, leading to the new rule.
The Montreal Canadiens nearly relocated to Cleveland in 1935.
Puppet Guy
02-01-2013, 08:43 AM
Former California Angels/Chicago White Sox pitcher Kirk McCaskill was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1981. He played one season in the AHL before focusing on baseball.
http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/160/160-590Bk.jpg
albertGQ
02-01-2013, 10:17 AM
Tom Glavine was drafted by the Kings
albertGQ
02-01-2013, 10:19 AM
The NHL doesn't really count Hainsworth shutout record as they have a seperate column for modern day shutouts. Which Esposito holds with 15. In his rookie year.
albertGQ
02-01-2013, 10:20 AM
Gretzky scored 50 goals before the New Year one season. And 100 points before Xmas another season
Resolute 14
02-01-2013, 10:34 AM
Rainy Drinkwater, "the first Native American in the NHL", was actually a French-Canadian named Rene Boileau. The New York Americans gave him the pseudonym and back story as part of a publicity stunt.
Tom Martin was traded from the WHL's Spokane Flyers to the Victoria Cougars in exchange for a used bus. Both teams were pleased with the deal.
Spinner Spencer's dad was so enraged by the fact that the CBC was showing a Vancouver-Oakland game in BC rather than his son's game with the Maple Leafs that he drove 70 miles to the Prince George affiliate and forced the program manager to switch feeds at gun point. Not long after Spinner was interviewed on HNIC and praised his dad for allowing him to make the NHL, dad was shot dead by the RCMP. Spinner himself was later tried and acquitted for murder before being shot to death following a drug deal.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/cards/scans/springfield_indians_1983-84_front.jpg
Puppet Guy
02-01-2013, 12:53 PM
Victor Nechayev played 3 games for the Kings in 1982-83 season, making him the first Soviet-born player in the NHL.
CaptainCrunch
02-01-2013, 01:16 PM
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/cards/scans/springfield_indians_1983-84_front.jpg
Good Lethbridge boy
timbit
02-01-2013, 01:26 PM
Nobody believed me about this in the CP live draft.
But Dirk Graham, was the first black captain in the history of the NHL.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/315/658/graham_display_image.jpg?1280186091
His father was all time great fullback in CFL and NFL....Cookie Gilchrist.
Komskies
02-01-2013, 01:37 PM
Howie Morenz once scored a goal by skating the length of the ice backwards.
The All-Star game came to be after Eddie Shore nearly killed Irving "Ace" Baily with a vicious body check and ended his career, the All-Star game was used to raise money for Baily and in a strange moment Eddie Shore who was playing in the game shook Bailey's hand and apologized. It was the last apology uttered by Shore in his life.
There used to be 6 players on the ice at the time, 3 forwards two defensemen and a rover.
It used to be illegal for goalies to drop to their knees.
The first time a goalie was pulled near the end of a game a too many men on the ice penalty was issued because it had never been done before.
I love the story of Eddie Shore's wild ride. Here's an excerpt from the Sport's Illustrated article on it:
A Rough Time On The Road
Eddie Shore of the Boston Bruins made it to the game the hard way after missing the team train to Montreal.
On January 2, 1929 the Boston Bruins took the night train to Montreal for a National Hockey League game with the Montreal Maroons the following evening. As the Pullman slowly rolled away from the platform, Boston Manager Art Ross walked through the sleeping car, counting his players. When Ross reached the last berth he realized that one of them—All-Star Defenseman Eddie Shore—was missing.
" Mr. Ross didn't know it," said Shore recently, "but I was running down the station platform trying to jump on the last car of the train. I didn't make it and had just missed the train because my taxi had been tied up in a traffic accident coming across town."
Shore was determined to reach Montreal in time for the game, however. The Bruins already were shorthanded because of injuries, and Shore was well aware of the $500 fine Ross levied against any player who missed a road-trip train. He first checked the train schedules and found that the next express wouldn't reach Montreal until after game time. He tried the airlines and was told all plane service had been canceled because of a sleet storm. He then decided to rent an automobile but changed his mind when a wealthy friend offered him his limousine and a chauffeur.
At 11:30 p.m. Shore and the chauffeur headed north on a 350-mile trip over icy, snow-blocked New England mountains. It was sleeting and there were no paved superhighways, no road patrols, no sanders.
Full article here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075630/1/index.htm
Puppet Guy
02-01-2013, 01:38 PM
There are 13 Women's names engraved on the Stanley Cup: Marguerite Norris, Sonia Scurfield, Marie Denise DeBartolo York, Marian Ilitch, Denise Ilitch Lites, Lisa Ilitch Murray, Carole Ilitch, Marie Carnevale, Callie Smith, Charlotte Grahame, Nancy Beard, Susan Samueli, Nancy Anschutz.
Komskies
02-01-2013, 01:41 PM
There are 13 Women's names engraved on the Stanley Cup: Marguerite Norris, Sonia Scurfield, Marie Denise DeBartolo York, Marian Ilitch, Denise Ilitch Lites, Lisa Ilitch Murray, Carole Ilitch, Marie Carnevale, Callie Smith, Charlotte Grahame, Nancy Beard, Susan Samueli, Nancy Anschutz.
Normie Kwong has his name on both the Stanley Cup and the Grey Cup.
FakenHaken
02-01-2013, 01:43 PM
Normie Kwong has his name on both the Stanley Cup and the Grey Cup.
So does Wayne Gretzky.
Puppet Guy
02-01-2013, 01:46 PM
http://www.seattlehockey.net/Seattle_Hockey_Homepage/Seattle_and_the_NHL.html
An interesting article about the history between Seattle and the NHL. I didn't know any of this.
I have a hat with that Sen's logo in the OP.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/263606273/3128216188_5ec3e2894c.jpg
Enoch Root
02-01-2013, 01:51 PM
Normie Kwong has his name on both the Stanley Cup and the Grey Cup.
So does Wayne Gretzky.
Lionel Conacher was first (and the only one to be on both as a player)
Komskies
02-01-2013, 01:53 PM
On the Stanley Cup theme, during Montreal's 5 consecutive cup run from 1956-1960 they spelled goaltender Jacques Plante's name differently each and every time.
Komskies
02-01-2013, 01:55 PM
Lionel Conacher was first (and the only one to be on both as a player)
Lionel 'Big Train' Conacher. He was the first true two-sport All-star, decades before Bo Jackson was even born.
Muffins
02-01-2013, 01:58 PM
The surest way to identify the replica from the real Stanley Cup is to check the engraving for the 1984 Stanley Cup winning Edmonton Oilers. The authenticated version has x's engraved over Basil Pocklington's name whereas his name is completely missing from the replica version.
Resolute 14
02-01-2013, 02:01 PM
Victor Nechayev played 3 games for the Kings in 1982-83 season, making him the first Soviet-born player in the NHL.
But not the first Russian born player. Sweeney Schriner was born in Saratov in the Russian Empire in 1917. His family immigrated to Calgary when he was an infant.
Lionel Conacher was first (and the only one to be on both as a player)
Lionel 'Big Train' Conacher. He was the first true two-sport All-star, decades before Bo Jackson was even born.
Conacher was actually a FIVE sport superstar. In addition to hockey and football, he was a Hall of Fame lacrosse player, won the Little World Series with the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team, was a champion wrestler and boxer.
Conacher, as an MP, died on the baseball field after legging out a triple in a charity game between politicians and members of the press.
Resolute 14
02-01-2013, 02:06 PM
Speaking of Conacher and lacrosse, the sport of Box Lacrosse was invented in the 1930s by NHL owners looking for a summer sport to fill their arenas. Several NHL players, including the Conacher brothers, played in the 1930s NLL.
Jimmy Carson has the record for the most NHL goals scored before the age of 20...(92)
Puppet Guy
02-13-2013, 08:28 AM
Michel Plasse is the first pro goalie credited with scoring a goal. He did it on February 21, 1971 in a 3-1 win for the Kansas City Blues over the Oklahoma City Blazers.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofHN_miumNM/TJUlATWu26I/AAAAAAAABm0/vLQI5tp6fUI/s400/plasse.jpg
For Crosby to break Wayne Gretzkys record of 2856 points, he would have to register 144 points a season for the next 16 seasons.
ricosuave
02-13-2013, 10:07 AM
Having seen so much cool and obscure stuff in the Guess the Goalie thread and in the various jersey threads, I figure that there's a place for a thread like this. to start, I don't know if these were ever intended to be used as official logos/jerseys or were just "rough drafts", but it's interesting to see what could've been for the following teams:
http://www.martinthecollector.com/uploads/2/8/7/3/2873649/9746279.jpg?221x294
I have this jersey in my collection too :)
Resolute 14
02-13-2013, 10:28 AM
The Montreal Forum was not built for the Canadiens. It was actually built to serve as the home of the Montreal Maroons. However, the Canadiens hosted the first game in the arena's history, in 1924, because the natural ice surface at Mount Royal Arena was not yet suitable for hockey.
The New York Americans were the first hockey team in Madison Square Garden. Their success led to the founding of the New York Rangers.
In 1930, Conn Smythe bought King Clancy from the Ottawa Senators for $35,000 cash and two players worth $15,000. He raised a large part of the cash for the transaction by entering his race horse, Rare Jewel, into a high-end race at 106-1 odds. It was the only race the horse ever won.
Resolute 14
02-13-2013, 10:29 AM
The Montreal Canadiens were predicted to be a failure upon their creation in 1909, as it was believed francophone players were inferior to anglophones.
FlamesAddiction
02-13-2013, 10:30 AM
Peter Sidorkiewicz played more minutes in the NHL than any other Polish born player... at least that is what I was told.
Stay Golden
02-13-2013, 10:33 AM
HOF Stan Makita became the first Czech born player to play in the NHL 1958.
Resolute 14
02-13-2013, 10:54 AM
He was Slovakian-born, actually.
Puppet Guy
02-13-2013, 11:30 AM
The Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA were originally going to be the Calgary Broncos, but ownership problems forced the league to relocate them:
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Stay Golden
02-13-2013, 11:36 AM
He was Slovakian-born, actually.
well i suppose if you get technical.
Slovak Rebublic was the nation during WW2 and that was the Czechoslovakia from 45 to the early 90's.
During WW2 the Czech's were flying their flag but hey whatever.
When Makita's family left that region it was claimed by the communist Czechoslovakia which why they left the country was lost.
He considered himself as Canadian since he was like around 8 when his family fled here.
Now that same region is Slovakia. ;)
Stay Golden
02-13-2013, 11:41 AM
4 Players in the NHL have worn #0 or 00
Martin Biron G
John Davidson G
Brad Mills C
Neil Sheehy D
Komskies
02-13-2013, 11:43 AM
4 Players in the NHL have worn #0
Martin Biron G
John Davidson G
Brad Mills C
Neil Sheehy D
Didn't Davidson wear 00?
http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1009/nhl.greatest.players.by.jersey.number/images/00-john-davidson.jpg
CaptainYooh
02-13-2013, 11:45 AM
What an enjoyable, entertaining and informative thread to read! Thanks all for the interesting facts.
Puppet Guy
02-13-2013, 11:51 AM
Didn't Davidson wear 00?
http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1009/nhl.greatest.players.by.jersey.number/images/00-john-davidson.jpg
I'm more amused by the text on his stick...:whistle:
Stay Golden
02-13-2013, 11:52 AM
Only 2 other players wore 99 in the NHL games.
and they both played the same time as Gretzky.
Rick Dudley in 81 & Wilf Paiement 80-81-82.
Stay Golden
02-13-2013, 12:06 PM
former Flame Willie Plett is the only NHL player born in Paraguay.
Puppet Guy
02-13-2013, 12:11 PM
The WHA was going to be revived in 2004-05 with 8 teams - Toronto, Halifax, Quebec City, Detroit, Dallas, Hamilton, Miami, Vancouver. It died a quick death, but not before five of the teams revealed logos:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hcbYYNAYUC0/TdrOus03IZI/AAAAAAAAAOw/WxrQrqEN92U/s320/1698.gif
http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/billhart/files/2010/02/icebreakers.gif
http://assets.detroithockey.net/dyn/n/100M.png
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/photos/Dallas-Americans.jpg
http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/13/212/full/1010.gif
vilzeh
02-13-2013, 12:14 PM
This ain't a fact or anything, but I have to share this:
Several years ago we played a boardgame called: "Hockey night game" or something like that, and this question was asked: " Which other player plays with number 99 in the NHL?" - Well, of course we said: " None other than Gretzky", little did we know, the answer was: " Mario Lemieux, if you flip the numbers over." (This game came like 1995 or so)
Just to add something:
Jarmo Kekalainen is the first European GM in the NHL.
Alpo Suhonen is the first European Coach in the NHL.
Komskies
02-13-2013, 12:15 PM
http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/billhart/files/2010/02/icebreakers.gif
This can't be real! The resemblance is uncanny!
http://cdn2.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1229/troll_2956879_thumb.jpg
Puppet Guy
02-13-2013, 12:17 PM
^ I thought it looked more like Captain Highliner on a Screech binge.
Resolute 14
02-13-2013, 01:25 PM
The Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA were originally going to be the Calgary Broncos, but ownership problems forced the league to relocate them:
"Ownership problems" being a fine euphemism for "he kicked the bucket". ;)
The WHA Junior League operated briefly in the Vancouver area of BC. For some reason, they had a team in Barrhead for a season. Yes, the one west of Edmonton.
Puppet Guy
02-14-2013, 01:09 PM
The Atlanta entry for the NHL Guardian Project eerily predicted the move to Winnipeg:
http://cdn.winnipegwhiteout.com/wp-content/uploads/bios_full_thrasher.jpg
Derek Sutton
02-14-2013, 03:44 PM
This ain't a fact or anything, but I have to share this:
Several years ago we played a boardgame called: "Hockey night game" or something like that, and this question was asked: " Which other player plays with number 99 in the NHL?" - Well, of course we said: " None other than Gretzky", little did we know, the answer was: " Mario Lemieux, if you flip the numbers over." (This game came like 1995 or so)
Just to add something:
Jarmo Kekalainen is the first European GM in the NHL.
Alpo Suhonen is the first European Coach in the NHL.
I'm hoping that card, if not the whole game was immediately flung into the fireplace.
Vulcan
02-15-2013, 12:43 AM
http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/billhart/files/2010/02/icebreakers.gif
This can't be real! The resemblance is uncanny!
http://cdn2.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1229/troll_2956879_thumb.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hcbYYNAYUC0/TdrOus03IZI/AAAAAAAAAOw/WxrQrqEN92U/s320/1698.gif
This can't be real either unless Bobby Hull was naming them. I remember him doing colour for a game with the Nordiques and he kept referring to them as the Nordicks with the emphasis on the last syllable. I don't remember him doing another broadcast after that episode.
FlamesAddiction
02-15-2013, 07:21 AM
^ I thought it looked more like Captain Highliner on a Screech binge.
I thought it looked more like Brent Sopel.
Puppet Guy
02-15-2013, 09:01 AM
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hcbYYNAYUC0/TdrOus03IZI/AAAAAAAAAOw/WxrQrqEN92U/s320/1698.gif
This can't be real either unless Bobby Hull was naming them. I remember him doing colour for a game with the Nordiques and he kept referring to them as the Nordicks with the emphasis on the last syllable. I don't remember him doing another broadcast after that episode.
http://www.thefourthperiod.com/wha/news17.html
Quebec team unveils name, logo
The Nordiques are back... sort of.
Today, Quebec City franchise president Jean-Paul Boily announced the WHA team will be called the Nordiks.
"The choice was near-unanimous," Boily said in a news conference. "People want their identity and that's what we want to give them back." The Nordiques played seven seasons in the old WHA before joining the NHL in 1979-80. The franchise moved to Colorado and became the Avalanche before the 1995-96 season.
The NHL has apparently warned the new franchice not to use the modified name Nordiks because they still own the rights to the Nordiques name.
"There may be problems on that front but we're ready," he told a news conference. "To give the name back to Quebec City residents, any legal hassles will be worth it.
"The name isn't the same as the original, it's spelled differently and the logo is completely different, so we don't think there can be any confusion."
The Nordiks' logo is a polar bear growling against a blue background.
loob job
02-15-2013, 09:07 AM
Does anyone know who the referee was when Bobby Orr scored "The Goal"?
Puppet Guy
02-15-2013, 09:35 AM
Does anyone know who the referee was when Bobby Orr scored "The Goal"?
Bruce Hood.
http://www.nhlofficials.com/alumni.asp?alumni_id=54
One of the most memorable was the first Stanley Cup Final game I refereed in 1970 when Bobby Orr scored in overtime the win the Cup for the Boston Bruins. The picture of him flying through the air after scoring is still one of the most famous sports shots of all time. [if you look down in the bottom corner of the picture you will see my arm and hand - my claim to fame!
FlamingLonghorn
02-15-2013, 09:40 AM
Lionel 'Big Train' Conacher. He was the first true two-sport All-star, decades before Bo Jackson was even born.
Wouldn't Jim Thorpe be the first multisport athlete?
vilzeh
02-15-2013, 09:42 AM
I'm hoping that card, if not the whole game was immediately flung into the fireplace.
Well, not in the fireplace, but it's still gathering some dust in the attic so, close enough.
Puppet Guy
03-27-2013, 10:14 AM
Early '70s TV documentary about the Nordiques. The first 1:40 or so is best to be skipped over (horrible '70s acid-trip intro):
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Huntingwhale
03-27-2013, 10:42 AM
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I've posted this before but it deserves another look. Quite possibly one of the worst calls in the history of the NHL, with Darryl Sutter as the headcoach of the Hawks. Basically the puck was thrown into the net by the Jets and it was allowed to stand.
Well worth the watch.
Puppet Guy
03-27-2013, 10:52 AM
Man, if there was a bad call to be made in the 80s/90s, Denis Morel was the ref to make it.
loob job
03-27-2013, 11:07 AM
Thats awful, Never mind how bad a call Morel made but who the hell was running the replay booth?
Huntingwhale
03-27-2013, 03:30 PM
-Closing his hand on the puck and CARRIED it to the crease
-Goalie interference
-The puck never even crossed the line!
-The goal was reviewed by video, and was still allowed to count
As ridiculous as it sounds, the only logical explanation I can think is that game was rigged....
Drake
05-12-2013, 08:50 AM
Greg Adams was an undrafted free agent who began his career by playing three seasons with the New Jersey before being dealt to Vancouver in a 1987 trade that also included Vancouver's starting goalie Kirk McLean. He played in Vancouver until the 1995 trade deadline, when he was sent to Dallas. He finished up with stints in Phoenix and then Florida.
Greg Adams was also an undrafted free agent who began his career with Philadelphia before being traded to Hartford as part of a 1982 deal for Mark Howe. He'd go on to play several years for Washington before ending his career with stints in Edmonton, Vancouver, Quebec, and Detroit. He finished with 545 career games.
You see, there were two Greg Adams, but you see what makes this awesome is that, for a brief time at the end of the 1989 season, both players found themselves playing for Vancouver. This appears to be the only time in NHL history that two players with exact same name played on the same team. They made one of the Greg's to start using his middle name to avoid confusion.
Flashpoint
05-13-2013, 09:44 AM
Question: what is the longest time between whistles in NHL history? Has there ever been a full period?
I don't know the answer, and I ask because of a few seasons ago where the Islanders were playing the Coyotes (I think), the Isles took a 5 min major at the end of the first period. They didn't put a guy in the box at the start of the second, because they were waiting for a whistle.
The play went something like 7 minutes before the whistle. So the Isles went that long with a man disadvantage.
Flashpoint
05-13-2013, 10:01 AM
a look at the Minnesota Fighting Saints (version 1) of the WHA, complete with plexiglass boards:
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Boy would I love to see something like that from the Atlanta Flames.
driveway
05-13-2013, 10:14 AM
George Hainsworth holds the record for shutouts in one season at 22. Even more impressive is that he did it in only 44 games.
What's truly crazy is that the Montreal Canadiens won only those 22 games that year. They finished 22-7-15.
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