by Ron Spence
Christian Ehrhoff leads the nucks with a +9 in 21 games. He has 12 points, which helps to pull up his average.
Alexander Edler and Steve Bernier also lead the nucks with a -5. Each has 10 points (These nucks’ stats were skewered upwards after the lopsided win over Colorado.).
1. Who has the NHL’s best +/- this season? He was a teammate of Ehrhoff’s.
2. Which current NHL player has the best career +/-?
3. Which retired player had the best +/- for one season?
4. Which retired player had the best career +/-?
1. Philly’s Matt Carle is a +15, but only has 12 points in 15 games.
2. Nick Lidstrom has a +419 so far in his career. He has 1003 points as a Detroit Red Wing.
3. Bobby Orr had a +124 during the 1970-71 season. He finished the year with 37 goals and 102 assists (Larry Robinson had a 120 +/- during the 1976-77 season.).
4. Larry Robinson retired with a +730. He played in 20 NHL seasons and totalled 958 points.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Graham // Nov 18, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Ron…I’ve got a trivia question for you that I need help with:
What goalie who once appeared as a rookie in a Stanley Cup series lost the final 27 decisions of his NHL career?
2 Ron // Nov 18, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Thanks for your email.
My first answer would have been Joe “Red Light” Miller who played 3 games when the Rangers won the 1928 Stanley Cup and he lost 35 games in 1929-3 when he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. But he also won 5 games that season and went 2 and 9 when they became the Philadelphia Quakers, so it wasn’t him.
Will be someone from the NHL’s early years, unless it’s Patrick Roy who lost 27 fights.
3 Graham // Nov 19, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Maybe he did lose 27 straight, as hockeyDB shows him going 5-35 his last year as a pro — http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=24549
4 Graham // Nov 22, 2009 at 9:54 pm
It was Don Beaupre.
5 Ron // Nov 22, 2009 at 10:19 pm
His rookie season – 1980-81 – he played in six playoff games for Minnesota. I guess that you could call it a Stanley Cup series.
He was 0-8 his last two seasons for Toronto and before that was 6-23 for Ottawa. I don’t know that he lost the final 19 games with Ottawa, however.
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