CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence
The NHL’s season is over, and the CFL is once again upon us.
Name two NHL players who won Grey Cups.
Gerry James won the Memorial Cup (1955 Toronto Marlboros) and the Grey Cup four times (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
James also played in the 1960 Stanley Cup finals – for the [...]

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by Ron Spence
The Canucks drafted a player, who would wear a Vancouver uniform during 30 games over two seasons.
He’s the only player who has won: a Memorial Cup, a Calder Cup, a Turner Cup and a Stanley Cup. And he won the Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears, and the Stanley Cup with the Pens.
Who [...]

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by Ron Spence
1. Two former Wings had the most assists for Detroit during one post-season – 18. One was Steve Yzerman. Who was the other?
2. Detroit has had eight players who have scored two shorthanded goals during one post-season. The current ones are Zetterberg, Franzen, Kirk Maltby and Dan Cleary.
Brett Hull and Sergei Fedorov are [...]

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by John Walton – Hershey’s play-by-play announcer
“You have to give a lot of credit to Manitoba in Game 2. For 26 minutes, it really looked like Hershey could pull away at any moment. Scoring the first goal, taking a lead into the second period, all the momentum was on the visiting side of the ledger, [...]

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by Ron Spence
1. Which Detroit post-season record does Dan Cleary hold – as of June 3, 2009?
2. Which two former – and one current – Red Wings have the most penalty minutes during the post-season?
3. Which two former Wings are tied with the most post-season game winners – 12?
4. One current and one former Wing [...]

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by Ron Spence
1. Stanley Cup winners Larry Murphy and Ulf Samuelsson were the two Pens’ Dmen who played in the most post-season games – 74 and 66. Who was the 3rd?
2. Larry Murphy played in 23 games during the 1991 post-season. Which Dman played in 24 games?
3. Mario Lemieux played in the 2nd most post-season games [...]

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by Ron Spence

Only three men in NHL history have both played in, and coached 800 games. One has retired, one is between jobs, and another is a current NHL coach.
Only 15 coaches in NHL history have coached 700 games with the same franchise. Of these 15, three are still NHL coaches.
And of the last [...]

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by Ron Spence
The Chicago Blackhawks have won three Stanley Cups since they entered the NHL during the mid-20s.
The most recent one was in 1961. The first one was in 1934, and the second in 1938.
Which Stanley Cup record – held by the Blackhawks – will never be broken?
The years that Chicago won the Stanley Cup, [...]

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by Ron Spence
Name two Chicago defensemen to win the Norris Trophy three times.

A Chicago forward to win both the Norris and Lady Byng Trophies twice.
A Chicago goalie to win the Vezina Trophy three times.
Name three Blackhawk goalies to win the Vezina twice.
Pierre Pilote won the Norris every year from 1963 until 1965 and Chris Chelios [...]

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by Ron Spence
Roberto Luongo has played in 14 post-season games and has a .946 save percentage and a 1.61 goals against average. 
Who holds the post-season record for save percentage, and who has the best career goals against average?
Which NHL goalies – playing in this post-season – are in the Top Ten in goals against and [...]

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