MONTREAL (CP) — Guy Lafleur, the explosive right-winger from Quebec Rem parts of the Quebec Junior A Hockey League, today had the honor to be the first player picked in the National Hockey League’s 1971 amateur draft Lafleur, who scored 130 goals in 62 regular season games last year, was grabbed by the Stanley Cup …
This Day In Hockey History-May 1, 2010-NHL Goalie era Officially Gone
The best teams are built around scoring, scoring and more scoring. By MAC ENGELtengel@star-telegram.com “Dallas Stars 2010-11 Hockey. Believe In Kari Lehtonen. Not Because He’s Done Anything, But Because Goalies Don’t Matter As Much. Get Your Season Tickets Now!” We can agree this hypothetical marketing campaign needs work, but the concept is solid. Mostly because …
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This Day In Hockey History-April 1, 1993-Bure Becomes First Canuck To Score 100 Points
ROCKET POCKETS 100 Bure becomes man of century The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) By Frank Luba SportS Reporter TAMPA — With Pavel Bure not scoring at his regular Russian Rocket pace, observers have been wondering if his timing is off. On Thursday the second-year superstar could scarcely have had better timing to finally get …
This Day In Hockey History-March 28, 1987-Bruins Canucks Brawl
This Day In Hockey History-March 25, 1994-New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks Line Brawl
Rangers 5, Canucks 2 N.Y. Rangers 3 2 0—5Vancouver 1 1 0—2 First period: 1, Vancouver. Craven 13 (Bure. Odjick), 4:16. 2, New York. Leetch 19 (Messier, Graves). 4:47 (sh). 3, New York. Leetch 20 (Kovalev, Zubov). 8:06 (pp). 4, New York. Noonan 16 (Leetch), 16:36 (pp). Penalties: Lumme. Van (tripping). 45; MacTavish, NY (high-sticking), …
This Day In Hockey History-March 24, 2012-Aaron Rome Hit on Tyson Barrie
This Day In Hockey History-March 12, 2013-(VIDEO)Mason Raymond Spin-O-Rama Shootout Goal
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This Day In Hockey History-March 8, 2004-Bertuzzi-Moore Incident Mars Avalanche’s 9-2 Win Over Canucks
By CANADIAN PRESS Below is the full game The bad blood that had been simmering between the Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Avalanche finally boiled over Monday night. A convincing 9-2 Avalanche victory was overshadowed by Vancouver’s Todd Bertuzzi sucker-punching Colorado’s Steve Moore that left the rookie forward face down on the ice, lying in a …
This Day In Hockey History-February 21, 1990- Scouts Interested in Nedved
Like a rock band touring the world, the “Petr Nedved Tour” made its way through Regina, Saskatchewan. There were 51 NHL scouts in Saskatoon’s Saskatchewan Place as Nedved and the Seattle Thunderbirds played to a 6-6 tie with the Saskatoon Blades. More than 30 of those scouts found their way to the Agridome and watched …
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