The Panther
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Title is self-explanatory.
Jimmy Carson
-- 93 NHL goals as a teenager (99 if you include playoffs)
-- In the calendar year 1988 (aged 19-20), between L.A. and Edmonton, he scored 68 goals in 84 games (RS and playoffs). 1988 thus accounts for one quarter of his career goals (he played 681 NHL games).
Chris Kontos
-- Brought back by the Kings from the Swiss League late in 1988-89, he managed 1 assist in his first five games back. Then, he scored 11 goals in his next 10 games (nine of those in the playoffs).
-- After bouncing around international hockey and the IHL/AHL, expansion Tampa Bay signed him for the 1992-93 season. He scored 18 goals in his first 18 games. Four months later he played his last NHL game.
Dave Lumley
-- Had scored 3 goals in his previous 39 games, before scoring 18 goals in 14 games (and 36 points!) in November/December of 1981, including goals in twelve consecutive games. Then, they took him off Gretzky's line...
Rob Brown
-- 1988-89, obviously: scored 24 points in his first 10 games, ending up with 115 points in 68 games (that's a pace for 135 points) riding shotgun with Mario. (He got 80 points the next season, and after that was basically a third-liner.)
Bernie Nicholls
-- Like Carson, he was a really super-talented player... unlike Carson, he had a long, productive career, producing big for a long time. Nevertheless, it's his final 137 games for L.A. from 1988-1990 that dazzle. In this 137 games (including 11 playoff games), Nicholls scored 241 points, including 104 goals.
John Druce
-- Had a decent NHL career for about a decade, but he'll forever be remembered for the 1990 playoffs with Washington, when he scored 14 goals in 15 games (actually 14 in 14, but he failed to score the night the Caps were eliminated). For the rest of his playoff career, he scored 3 goals in 38 games, and in the regular season he broke the 20-goal barrier once in ten years.
Blaine Stoughton
-- ex-WHA regular came back to the NHL with Hartford in 1979-80. Scored 196 goals in Hartford's first four season, including 33 goals in his final 41 games of 1979-80.
Brent Sutter
-- known more for gritty two-way play than outright scoring, Sutter had a statistically big year in 1984-85 (partly due to centering Mike Bossy). Scored 31 points in his first 11 games of the season (!), ending up with 102 at season's end.
Who else??
Jimmy Carson
-- 93 NHL goals as a teenager (99 if you include playoffs)
-- In the calendar year 1988 (aged 19-20), between L.A. and Edmonton, he scored 68 goals in 84 games (RS and playoffs). 1988 thus accounts for one quarter of his career goals (he played 681 NHL games).
Chris Kontos
-- Brought back by the Kings from the Swiss League late in 1988-89, he managed 1 assist in his first five games back. Then, he scored 11 goals in his next 10 games (nine of those in the playoffs).
-- After bouncing around international hockey and the IHL/AHL, expansion Tampa Bay signed him for the 1992-93 season. He scored 18 goals in his first 18 games. Four months later he played his last NHL game.
Dave Lumley
-- Had scored 3 goals in his previous 39 games, before scoring 18 goals in 14 games (and 36 points!) in November/December of 1981, including goals in twelve consecutive games. Then, they took him off Gretzky's line...
Rob Brown
-- 1988-89, obviously: scored 24 points in his first 10 games, ending up with 115 points in 68 games (that's a pace for 135 points) riding shotgun with Mario. (He got 80 points the next season, and after that was basically a third-liner.)
Bernie Nicholls
-- Like Carson, he was a really super-talented player... unlike Carson, he had a long, productive career, producing big for a long time. Nevertheless, it's his final 137 games for L.A. from 1988-1990 that dazzle. In this 137 games (including 11 playoff games), Nicholls scored 241 points, including 104 goals.
John Druce
-- Had a decent NHL career for about a decade, but he'll forever be remembered for the 1990 playoffs with Washington, when he scored 14 goals in 15 games (actually 14 in 14, but he failed to score the night the Caps were eliminated). For the rest of his playoff career, he scored 3 goals in 38 games, and in the regular season he broke the 20-goal barrier once in ten years.
Blaine Stoughton
-- ex-WHA regular came back to the NHL with Hartford in 1979-80. Scored 196 goals in Hartford's first four season, including 33 goals in his final 41 games of 1979-80.
Brent Sutter
-- known more for gritty two-way play than outright scoring, Sutter had a statistically big year in 1984-85 (partly due to centering Mike Bossy). Scored 31 points in his first 11 games of the season (!), ending up with 102 at season's end.
Who else??