DETROIT (AP) — As expected, high-scoring centers Pierre Turgeon and Brendan Shanahan were the top two picks in Saturday’s NHL draft. The selection of Turgeon, by the Buffalo Sabres, and Shanahan, who went to the New Jersey Devils, came as no surprise. They had been rated the top two players available in the draft by …
This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 1979-Trottier wins Hart, Art Ross trophies; Potvin wins Norris
MONTREAL (CP) – For the first time in the National Hockey League, a New York team has won three individual awards in one season. Results of the voting for five-player awards were announced today. Bryan Trottier of New York Islanders became the youngest forward and second-youngest player Io win the Hart Trophy as the most …
This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 2018-Bergeron’s journey from obscurity to the Hall
There is precious little that Patrice Bergeron hasn’t won in his career, including his gold medal, and MVP award, playing with Team Canada at the World Junior Championship in 2005. The rest of Bergy’s Big Haul includes the Stanley Cup in 2011, another gold medal with. Team Canada at the World Championship (2004), two Olympic …
This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 1971-Lafleur, Dionne taken first in 1971 NHL Draft
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-June 10, 1965-Boston Bruins Busiest in NHL Draft
MONTREAL — For two days, they’ve had a ‘’count* down” going here at the annual NHL meetings the hockey executives who had been whispering in corners talking trades and possibilities in the draft, set the beginning of the intra-league draft as the “lift-off’ to the meetings. But they never got off the launching pad. NHL …
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This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 1993-McSorly’s miscue will ‘stick’ in his mind forever
Illegal stick didn’t cost Kings the series, but it’s the turning point everyone will remember IT WAS LIKE one big wound, the Los Angeles Kings’ dressing room, and when you walked into it, you could feel the hurt. There was Tony Granato, hard-nosed the previous three hours, soft-spoken now. ‘I’ve never had to swallow a …
This Day In Hockey History-June 9, 2001- Ray Bourque Wins Stanley Cup as Avalanche Defeat Devils
Finally, Bourque gets Stanley Cup DENVER — Mission accomplished. After 22 seasons of chasing the Stanley Cup, 40-year-old defenseman Ray Bourque finally hoisted the coveted trophy Saturday night in front of his family and 18,000 others who have adopted him as a Colorado native. Bourque, denied in 20 previous playoff appearances, could not have written …
This Day In Hockey History-June 8, 2011-Cam Neely Still Black and Gold, a quarter-century later
Neely has gone from power forward to president BOSTON — You’re 21, and life is good. You get to play in front of friends and family for the team you rooted for as a kid. And then one day — 25 years ago Monday, in fact — they call you in and say, “Pack up, …
This Day In Hockey History-June 8, 1976-Orr ‘s Knee Problems Started A Decade Ago
WREN BLAIR remembers it almost as clearly as the last time he visited his friendly banker with a satchel of money under each arm — which was probably .yesterday. He was the general manager of the Oshawa Generals in the spring of ’66. His team coached by Armand Guidolin, was in Shawinigan Falls for a …
This Day In Hockey History-June 5, 1996-First Stanley Cup title helped struggling Pittsburgh Penguins, Jagr, earn respect
Jaromir Jagr knew a good party when he saw one. Only that time, he didn’t fully understand the occasion. Jagr was a 19-year-old rookie when the Penguins won their fust Stanley Cup championship in 1991 He was adjusting to life in the United States and spoke only broken English. ‘1 didn’t even know what I …