Who are some of the best HoG players lost in the annals of time?

[vadim sharifijanov]

He played on a very memorable and successful line though with the twins. Plus he was very hated by other fan bases because of his style, and people remember things they don't like.

Plus he also had a characteristic voice/accent.

his impression of marc crawford was priceless



#neverforget


i don't know, though. how many people outside of us weirdos remember, say, ken linseman? centered messier and anderson in '83 and '84, led the flyers to the finals as a rookie on a hugely popular line called the rat patrol, but...

and he played for philly and boston.

 

[VanIslander]

Ew vadim just ew.

Turd zone warning.

 

[Nick Hansen]

How many remember Ray Ferraro the player?

 

[The Panther]

How many remember Ray Ferraro the player?

I mean, he was a pretty good player. (408 goals, two 40-goal seasons.) Not to mention the '93 playoffs.

Ferraro might be more forgettable in the sense that he seemed to bounce around to play for low-profile teams.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Kelly Kisio, Patrick Flatley, Michal Pivonka, Dmitri Khristich (though he was trash on TOR), Adam Deadmarsh were all pretty good to good players I never hear about nowadays.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

How many remember Ray Ferraro the player?

of course. he dragon-slayed the '93 penguins.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

How many remember Ray Ferraro the player?

I do!

Unusual goal scoring center.

Managed to accumulate lots of penalty minutes while hardly ever dropping the gloves.

Like to use the stick on more than just the puck.

Would have made a great WHA player.

 

[KMart27]

How many remember Ray Ferraro the player?

I remember Ray Ferraro telling a story about an encounter with Gary Bettman late in Ferraro's career and Bettman didn't know who he was.

 

[VanIslander]

Kelly Kisio, Patrick Flatley, Michal Pivonka,... Adam Deadmarsh were all pretty good to good players I never hear about nowadays.

Loved those guys. Kisio a smaller version of Flatley, both leaders on the ice; Pivonka famous for long breakaway passes to Bondra, was a good passing backchecking pivot, like Backstrom or Oates-lite; Deadmarsh, "Deader" was known as the Wings killer for key goals in LA and Colorado. I never liked the Kings but openly had disdain for Detroit so i remember jumping up and clapping in the living room when Deader scored a great playoff goal against the Wings.

 

[Staniowski]

Kelly Kisio, Patrick Flatley, Michal Pivonka, Dmitri Khristich (though he was trash on TOR), Adam Deadmarsh were all pretty good to good players I never hear about nowadays.

I first remember Pivonka from the WJC, he was named Best Forward one year.

Also remember Khristich from the World Juniors. I recall that he was the Soviets' 3rd best forward of his age group after a couple guys named Mogilny and Fedorov.

The first NHL game I ever attended in person, Pat Flatley scored 4 goals and 1 assist. Must've been the best scoring game of his career.

 

[sr edler]

How many remember Ray Ferraro the player?

We all do thanks to David Volek.

 

[seventieslord]

Kisio a smaller version of Flatley,

I mean they were both gritty two-way players, and leaders, but otherwise I don't see it. Kisio was a center and Flatley a winger, and Kisio 8 times topped Flatley's (1993) career high of 60 points.

 

[VanIslander]

Kisio was a winger and Flatley a center,..

The opposite actually. Kisio was a 2nd line center and Flatley a 3rd line right winger for years, his best offense being when he played on the 2nd line behind Bossy and later, after several years on the 3rd, as captain he got 1st and 2nd line opportunities.

I loved watching both of them: high energy, hard working, battling in corners, finishing checks.

 

[seventieslord]

The opposite actually. Kisio was a 2nd line center and Flatley a 3rd line right winger for years, his best offense being when he played on the 2nd line behind Bossy and later, after several years on the 3rd, as captain he got 1st and 2nd line opportunities.

I loved watching both of them: high energy, hard working, battling in corners, finishing checks.

Typo. You know I've had Kisio a few times in the MLD and AAA.

 

[crobro]

Dave Taylor
Charlie Simmer
Rick Kehoe
Pierre Larouche
Pekka Rautakelio
Brian Bradley
Gary Unger

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Rick Martin
Gary Smith
Martin Gelinas
Reed Larson
Andre Boudrias

 

[Michael Farkas]

I know he's small...but I've always thought Gerry McNeil looked pretty good when I've seen him...

 

[Finster8]

Marc Tardiff score 71 gals n 80 games in the WHA
Richard Martin two 50 goal seasons
Denis Maruk scored 60 goals and 136 pts in 81-82

 

[MXD]

I don't think Martin is really forgotten (he's a HHoVG of the shortened career variety) and Maruk is really often namedropped as a guy who had a monster season, and while he's ultimately a HHoG type, his tends to be remembered specifically for his big season, which makes him not lost in the annals.

 

[brachyrynchos]

Steve 'Sarge' Vickers. 698- 246-340-586, all with the Rangers. I think he's still the highest scoring Left wing in Rangers history,(4th highest scoring left wing of the '70's: Barber, Shutt, Martin) and in their top 10 goals, assists, points, powerplay goals/assists/points, even strength goals/assists/points, and game winning goals. 68-24-25-49 career playoffs, 6th most playoff goals and tied for 6th in playoff points for New York.

 

[MadArcand]

Loads of Whalers come to mind - Scott Young, Geoff Sanderson, Andrew Cassels, Nelson Emerson... basically all good second liners miscast to the top line.

Other randoms off top of my head: German Titov, Paul Cavallini, Johan Garpenlov, Alexei Zhamnov, Brian Bradley.

 

[DannyGallivan]

Who are some really good players who weren’t quite great that get lost in the annals of time that is hockey history?

E: Subtle distinction, I’m not necessarily asking for the best players not in the hall of fame (although those answers would be fine too) more so who are some really good players that are more forgotten about over time.

By me at least...
Ziggy Palffy
Bill Flett
Ian Turnbull
Morris Lukowich

... you realize I could probably list a thousand names.

 

[mrhockey193195]

Mike Ridley, Sami Kapanen, Miro Satan come to mind.

 

[Ace36758]

Came to post Geoff Sanderson, was beaten to it. Couple of others that come to mind:

Tomas Sandstrom (never realized he potted 25 points in LA's 93 playoff run)
Daymond Langkow
Jozef Stumpel

 

[GlitchMarner]

Donald Audette, Todd White, Brendan Morrison, Mike Krushelnyski.