VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Dale Hawerchuk and Joe Mullen, two of the National Hockey League’s top scorers in the 1980s, found new homes Saturday in a pair of draft-day trades. Hawerchuk, Winnipeg’s all-time leading scorer, was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in a four-player deal in which the Jets got Phil Housley. The trade …
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 …
This Day In Hockey History -March 14, 1997-Mullen Is First American to Score 500
Pittsburgh’s Joey Mullen became the first American-born player to score 500 career goals with a goal in a 6-3 loss in Colorado. For four weeks, Joey Mullen didn’t want to talk about it. He offered no hypotheses about standing on the brink of hockey history. He offered no predictions about his fortunes of 500 goals. …