Players who never lost in the first round?

[reckoning]

It was mentioned by Gord Miller during the Washington/Rangers game tonight that Chris Drury has never been on a team that lost in the first round, and this is his 8th season in the playoffs. Does anybody know of any other players who never lost in the first round in their career who played in at least 8 playoffs?

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[Buck Aki Berg]

Daniel Alfr-- oh wait....

 

[skeena1]

Guy Charron.

 

[Lard_Lad]

Best I can find is Bob Nystrom at 11 seasons...sort of. The Islanders lost their first series to the Leafs in 1978, but they had a first round bye so that was actually in the second round.

 

[Phrazer]

Luongo is 2 for 2 for getting through the first round.

 

[HockeyThoughts]

Theodore was 4 for 4, but now..?

 

[pnep]

Player|Stanley Cup|Final L|SFL|QFL|TOT
Mike Mcphee |1|1|2|6|10
Brad "Luke" Lukowich|2|1|1|4|8
Bob "Bibs" Errey |2|1|1|3|7
Garry "Toy Tiger" Howatt |2||4|1|7
Chris "Mr. Clutch" Drury |1||5|1|7
Lorne "Chrome" Henning |2||4|1|7
Bob "The Boogeyman" Boughner |||2|4|6
Gord Lane |4|1||1|6
Alyn "Mac" Mccauley |||3|3|6
Anatoli Semenov |1||3|2|6
Bob J. "Hounddog" Kelly |1|2|2|1|6
Billy Carroll |4|1|1||6
Anders "Andy" Kallur |4|1||1|6

1974-08 Seasons​

 

[Big Phil]

Other than pnep's list I think you'll find a number of guys who made it past the first round almost all of the time even if they eventually lost.

Robinson is an example. Serge Savard, Lemaire, Cournoyer, Geoffrion.

In 17 years when Roy made the playoffs he was only bounced out in the first round three times, and was never bounced out in the first round until '94

 

[seventieslord]

Kovalev had a great streak going before the lockout.

 

[re5piration]

Player|Stanley Cup|Final L|SFL|QFL|TOT
Mike Mcphee |1|1|2|6|10
Brad "Luke" Lukowich|2|1|1|4|8
Bob "Bibs" Errey |2|1|1|3|7
Garry "Toy Tiger" Howatt |2||4|1|7
Chris "Mr. Clutch" Drury |1||5|1|7
Lorne "Chrome" Henning |2||4|1|7
Bob "The Boogeyman" Boughner |||2|4|6
Gord Lane |4|1||1|6
Alyn "Mac" Mccauley |||3|3|6
Anatoli Semenov |1||3|2|6
Bob J. "Hounddog" Kelly |1|2|2|1|6
Billy Carroll |4|1|1||6
Anders "Andy" Kallur |4|1||1|6

1974-08 Seasons​

You can take Brad "Luke" Lukowich off that list

 

[GNick42]

Other than pnep's list I think you'll find a number of guys who made it past the first round almost all of the time even if they eventually lost.

Robinson is an example. Serge Savard, Lemaire, Cournoyer, Geoffrion.

In 17 years when Roy made the playoffs he was only bounced out in the first round three times, and was never bounced out in the first round until '94

Robinson, Savard, Lemaire and Counoyer won't make it because Habs were bounced in first round in 1974 and 1980.