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Originally Posted by Jay Random
It was the previous year that the Rangers used a goalie with the best horrible nickname ever: ‘Steve Buzinski, The Puck Goes In-ski’. Nine games played, 5.89 GAA.
There were some awful goalies in the NHL during WWII. Everyone who could face a shot without flinching was in the army.
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To be fair...if you were willing to stop a puck without a mask...good chance you weren't a coward. The 41-42 Rangers were the best team in the NHL, the next year they won 11 games in the 50 game season. Seems like the bombing of Pesrl Harbour really changed their fortune for a few years.
I'll have to do some research on the WWII era and just how much it impacted NHL rosters it seems unfathomable to think that Connor McDavid and Austin Matthews would be out of the game to serve in the Millitary for a couple of years than resume their career.