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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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!
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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.
-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....
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.
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.
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