Random trivia

[Killion]

I downloaded the same pic to use on my FB profile every now and then. Not like I have his hockey card or anything.

... the Spraguester huh? Variously described as a "Monster, Psychopath, One of the Games Greatest Defencemen All Time". Very short fuse & viscous. Never forgave Ottawa for getting rid of him after helping them win the SC in 1920 & took it out on the hydes of their players. In one game putting 4 guys in the infirmary. His own team suspending him for the rest of the season they were so appalled and before the NHL even had a chance to act.

 

[LeBlondeDemon10]

... the Spraguester huh? Variously described as a "Monster, Psychopath, One of the Games Greatest Defencemen All Time". Very short fuse & viscous. Never forgave Ottawa for getting rid of him after helping them win the SC in 1920 & took it out on the hydes of their players. In one game putting 4 guys in the infirmary. His own team suspending him for the rest of the season they were so appalled and before the NHL even had a chance to act.

You mean like if Pittsburgh had intervened with Matt Cooke before the NHL did? Sacrilege!

 

[Killion]

Didn't know that about him. He could have been swimming in the bottom of a river for doing that.

... ya, and the NOHA suspended him when they found about it so the job Aurel had lined up with the Saskatoon Shieks evaporated as the suspension also held in the WHL. He wound up pitching wheat for awhile before being acquired by the Habs. Prior to Beliveau wearing #4, that was Joliats number & the one older generations thought of when they saw it, of Aurel Joliat. When the # was retired, shared by Beliveau & Joliat.... Also interesting to note that its a wonder he had a career at all. As a teenager, he apparently slipped & fell off the families steep pitched roof of their home, lands 2 stories down flat on his back. WHUMP! Fall like that, break your neck no problem. Guy just gets up, dusts himself off, walks away & forgets about it. Small wiry lil fella apparently.

 

[Sprague Cleghorn]

Aha. The original "Big Train". Brother to Odie. One of the first rushing defenceman influenced by his one-time team mate Fred Cyclone Taylor....
though what land those given & surnames hail from I know not. Seriously eccentric. Maybe Yorkshire.

Yeah, I was reading up on the discussion of the top 60 dman list, and Cleghorn was up for voting. Didn't know much about him but after reading up on his exploits and his on ice "extracurricular activities", I instantly became a fan of his.

 

[Big Phil]

Who led the 1980s in goalie wins? (Don't look it up, guess first)

 

[Killion]

Yeah, I was reading up on the discussion of the top 60 dman list, and Cleghorn was up for voting. Didn't know much about him but after reading up on his exploits and his on ice "extracurricular activities", I instantly became a fan of his.

Ya, and the line sometimes tossed around "look pal, dont be going all Sprague Cleghorn on me here" or whatever.

And lets see BigPhil, without looking it up............. Allan Bester?

 

[LeBlondeDemon10]

Who led the 1980s in goalie wins? (Don't look it up, guess first)

Gotta be Fuhr.

 

[nutbar]

Who led the 1980s in goalie wins? (Don't look it up, guess first)

Peeters?

 

[Big Phil]

Peeters?

Gotta be Fuhr.

Nope.

 

[GrahamClayton]

The only legally deaf player in the history of the NHL was Jim Kyte, who played 598 games for the Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Ottawa Senators and the San Jose Sharks between 1982 and 1996. Kyte wore a special helmet with earflaps to protect his hearing aids.

 

[LeBlondeDemon10]

Nope.

Ok, I think this is a trick question. I'll say Liut since we've talked about him in so many other threads.

 

[mrhockey193195]

Who led the 1980s in goalie wins? (Don't look it up, guess first)

Fuhr and Peeters are out. I'm going to say Liut? If not him, Billy Smith?

 

[Sprague Cleghorn]

Who holds the record for most PIMs recorded in any professional league (different league PIMs can be combined)? Try not to look it up.

 

[Michael Farkas]

NHL record for most short-handed goals in one game by one team?

The answer to this, I believe, is four. And it was done twice. I think once was a Vancouver/Winnipeg game in the 90's...

 

[Michael Farkas]

Fuhr and Peeters are out. I'm going to say Liut? If not him, Billy Smith?

I doubt it's Smith, he was a split-time guy for most regular seasons. Mike Liut played a lot of games in the 80's, so I'd lean that way before I'd go with Smith...

 

[Big Phil]

Ok, I think this is a trick question. I'll say Liut since we've talked about him in so many other threads.

Fuhr and Peeters are out. I'm going to say Liut? If not him, Billy Smith?

Yes, Mike Liut. Funny how we forget him.

 

[Big Phil]

Who led the 1959 playoffs in goal scoring? Don't look it up.

 

[Sprague Cleghorn]

Who led the 1959 playoffs in goal scoring? Don't look it up.

Dickie Moore?

 

[Pominville Knows]

Who was the first player to clinch a series win in overtime and short handed?

 

[Big Phil]

Dickie Moore?

No.

Who was the first player to clinch a series win in overtime and short handed?

Well, I doubt he's the first one but Pominville against Ottawa in 2006 ended the series shorthanded.

 

[Sprague Cleghorn]

Who led the 1959 playoffs in goal scoring? Don't look it up.

Jean Beliveau?

 

[Pominville Knows]

N
Well, I doubt he's the first one but Pominville against Ottawa in 2006 ended the series shorthanded.

Well, he certainly was billed to be the first and i have quite a bit of faith in north american sport info like that.

 

[LeBlondeDemon10]

Who was the first player to clinch a series win in overtime and short handed?

Todd Marchant

 

[Pominville Knows]

Todd Marchant

Are you sure it was a short handed goal? I'm not sure it is what is reported on in his Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Marchant#Edmonton_Oilers

We do have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Stanley_Cup_playoffs#Conference_semi-finals

Ottawa returned home for game five with hopes of pulling even closer. The game went to overtime but ended quickly as Jason Pominville scored a shorthanded goal just 2:26 in to end the Senators' season. There had been six short-handed overtime goals in Stanley Cup Playoff history up to this point, but this was the first one to ever end a series. This put the Sabres into the Eastern Conference Final for the third time in the past eight seasons.

 

[Sinter Klaas]

Might be common knowledge, but what retired player took on former heavyweight legend Muhammad Ali in a 3 round amateur boxing match?