CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence
The Victoria Cougars won the Stanley Cup in 1925, but lost to the Montreal Maroons in 1926.
The West Coast Hockey League then folded, and the valued players were purchased by both old and new NHL teams.
A group of 26 investors, led by a Mr. Charles Hughes purchased the Cougars, and moved them to [...]

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By Ron Spence
Who is the longest-serving captain, of any team, in North American major league sports history?

Steve Yzerman
Prior to the 1986-87 season, the twenty-one-year-old was named the captain of the Red Wings, and continuously wore the ”C” until the end of the 2005-06 campaign.
In Detroit, ”Stevie Y” is simply known as “The Captain.”

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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 [...]

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by Ron Spence

1. Who – of the 2009-10 NHL coaches – has the lowest winning percentage for the regular season?

2. Which current and former coaches have the highest winning percentage (Excluding Cap Raeder who coached one NHL game in 2003, when the Sharks won.) during the regular season?

3. Who are the two current NHL coaches tied [...]

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by Ron Spence
1. Before they became the New Jersey Devils, who were they?
2. During their first 13 seasons, how many playoff series did the franchise play in?
3. Since Lou Lamoriello became New Jersey’s president and general manager, how many post-seaons did the Devils reach in 21 seasons?
4. Five New Jersey players have had their names [...]

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by Ron Spence
Brad Lukowich has been a member of four trophy winning teams. Which were they?
Also, he played on these teams with two current members of the Canucks/Moose organization(s). Who are they?
And, which member of the ‘nuck’ organization was Lukowich traded for?

He was on two Kamloops Blazers Memorial Cup teams in 1994 and 1995. 
Lukowich was [...]

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by Ron Spence
Mathieu Schneider might be joining the Canucks.
Aside from playing against each other in the past, what is their other NHL connection?
On March 13th, 1996 Schneider went to Toronto with Wendel Clark and D.J. Smith.
Going to the Islanders were: Kenny Jonsson, Darby Hendrickson and Sean Haggerty.
Also going to New York was Toronto’s 1st round [...]

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by Ron Spence
1. Alex Ovechkin – of course – is the active player with the most goals scored per game – .676. Who is second with .545?
2. Who are the two players tied for first with 1.071 points per game?
3. Who is the active player with the most assists per game – .690?
1. Atlanta’s Ilya Kovalchuk.
2. [...]

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by Ron Spence
The keys were put away and the lockout was over.
The following 2005-06 season was one of change.
There were new superstars and something called the shootout.
The first post-overtime game decider took place on October 5, 2005.
It was the Leafs hosting the Sens and two Ottawa players scored.
Who were they?
And who did they score on?
The [...]

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by Ron Spence
Vancouver selected four draft picks who played in more than 1000 NHL games.
The player who played the most games was Trevor Linden – 1382.
Who were the other three?
Don Lever was a 1st round pick who played in 1020 games.
Harold Snepsts was a 4th rounder who appeared in 1033 games.
Dave Lowry was a 6th [...]

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