Post a Random Fun Fact ITT

[NVious]

Nail Yakupov peaked in his first year of every league he has been in;

2010-11	Sarnia Sting	OHL	65	49	52	101	71	-2	--	--	--	--	--
2011-12	Sarnia Sting	OHL	42	31	38	69	30

2012-13	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	48	17	14	31	24	-4	--	--	--	--	--
2013-14	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	63	11	13	24

2018-19	St. Petersburg SKA	KHL	47	23	10	33	30	22	18	4	4	8	5
2019-20	St. Petersburg SKA	KHL	46	10	10	20	16

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[PositiveCashFlow]

in 1978 the Oilers owner played backgammon with the Jets owner. The winner got Gretzky.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

In the early 1980s the Oilers almost swapped cities with the Leafs. Pocklington (the Oilers owner) was excited but Ballard backed out

 

[Givememoneyback]

in 1978 the Oilers owner played backgammon with the Jets owner. The winner got Gretzky.

Indianapolis got to keep his brother. I guess that's a random fun fact too.

 

[McRpro]

Two of the greatest players in NHL history, Patrick Roy and Mario Lemieux, were born on the same day.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Tim Connolly judo tossed Marchand. YouTube it, it’s fun.

 

[Brodeur]

Hlinka Gretzky Cup - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Brought this up in a different thread today: Mexico City hosted the 1994 Pacific Cup. The tournament would eventually become the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

It's amusing if you watch the 1995 NHL Draft footage on YouTube. There were times when the commentators described a prospect like "He had a tough season but he looked good in Mexico" without a joking tone.

 

[red devil]

Maurice Richard changed his number from 15 to 9 in 1943 as it was to honour his daughter who was recently born who weighed 9 pounds at birth

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Wayne and Brett Gretzky have record for the most points by brothers - 2857 for Wayne and 4 for Brett

 

[red devil]

Wayne and Brett Gretzky have record for the most points by brothers - 2857 for Wayne and 4 for Brett

The Sutters have 2,934

 

[EdJovanovski]

Vitali Kravtsov was born closer to Vancouver than to Moscow.

 

[Brodeur]

When the NHL added the draft lottery into the January 1995 CBA, they managed to not figure out the rules until the May 1995 GM meetings after the regular season had already concluded.

At the same time, the Orlando Magic were the #1 seed in the NBA Eastern Conference and en route to an NBA Finals appearance. In 1993, Orlando had improbably won the draft lottery despite having the lowest odds; They'd eventually trade down and turned the pick into Penny Hardaway.

Since it looked like the Magic had a burgeoning dynasty, some NHL GMs successfully argued that the league should avoid an "Orlando" situation and placed a limit on how far a team could move up.

The lottery procedure remained unchanged through 2012. So for 17 years, Shaq/Penny had an indirect influence on the NHL Draft.

 

[Mattilaus]

Lots of people know this one but in the 1974 draft the Sabres selected a fictitious player in Taro Tsujimoto of the Tokyo Katanas because the GM was annoyed with how long the draft was.

Taro Tsujimoto - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[njdevils1982]

When the NHL added the draft lottery into the January 1995 CBA, they managed to not figure out the rules until the May 1995 GM meetings after the regular season had already concluded.

At the same time, the Orlando Magic were the #1 seed in the NBA Eastern Conference and en route to an NBA Finals appearance. In 1993, Orlando had improbably won the draft lottery despite having the lowest odds; They'd eventually trade down and turned the pick into Penny Hardaway.

Since it looked like the Magic had a burgeoning dynasty, some NHL GMs successfully argued that the league should avoid an "Orlando" situation and placed a limit on how far a team could move up.

The lottery procedure remained unchanged through 2012. So for 17 years, Shaq/Penny had an indirect influence on the NHL Draft.

always man, top notch posts.

 

[njdevils1982]

Jeopardy! style.

3 cups, 3 Teams, 3 Decades.

///

i always liked this one.

Spoiler

Joe Nieuwendyk

 

[Prominence Problem]

The triangle behind the shark represents the Tri-city/region that they belong to.

Top right point is San Francisco.
Top left point is across the Golden Gate bridge - Oakland.
Bottom point is silicon Valley , or San Jose.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Brian Rafalski and Peter Sykora combined to play in 10 Cup Finals. All of them were either with each other (00, 01) or against each other (03, 08, 09).

 

[Runner77]

Bruce, there it is!

 

[majormajor]

in 1978 the Oilers owner played backgammon with the Jets owner. The winner got Gretzky.

Per wikipedia the story is quite a bit different.

The Indianapolis Racers owner, Skalbania, was in talks with both Winnipeg and Edmonton about selling Gretzky and two other Racers players. He offered the Jets owner to play a game of backgammon. If the Jets owner won, he'd get Gretzky, if he lost, he'd have to give Skalbania shares in the Jets. The Jets owner declined to play, and Skalbania sold Gretzky to Pocklington for $700k.

 

[NVious]

Justin Holl scored 2 goals in his first 2 games, by that pace he would've broken Gretzky's record in 12 NHL seasons

Justin Holl scored 9 goals in his next 321 games, by that pace he would've needed to play only 400 more NHL seasons to break Gretzky's record

Vitali Kravtsov was born closer to Vancouver than to Moscow.

I thought he was omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient or am I thinkjing of someone else?

 

[kaiser matias]

Indianapolis got to keep his brother. I guess that's a random fun fact too.

In 1978 Keith Gretzky was 11 years old, and Brent was 7. Neither of them were claimed by Indianapolis, or any WHA team. Not even the Baby Bulls signed players that young.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

The Florida Panthers attempted to draft Alex Ovechkin in the 2003 draft.

Dudley was convinced that he could draft Ovechkin due to the fact that there had been a number of leap years during the course of his lifespan. Dudley argued that the leap years made up the difference in days and in fact outright attempted to draft Ovechkin in 4 different rounds at the NHL draft.

He was obviously taken 1st overall in 2004 by Washington.

 

[kevsh]

The following countries have all produced an NHL player (and in some cases two):

Brazil
Haiti
Lebanon
Tanzania
Nigeria
Jamaica
Brunei Darussalam
South Africa
South Korea
Bahamas
Venezuela

 

[PlayersLtd]

Brooks Laich assisted on the final goal of Micheal Nylander's career and 2,497 days later assisted on his son William's first.

 

[DaveG]

there's a 3 way tie for the record of playoff OT goals by a defenseman:
Seabrook
Ken Morrow
Nic Wallin