How time flies. About 8 years ago I started fooling around with this thing called the Internet. One of my earliest projects was an old website called Hockey...
It's here, near the bottom of the page: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/obits/?search=on&catID=13&searchtext=&rundate=4%2F23%2F2006 --Tara ... [Non-text...
And the actual article, also on page C5 is thus: Former Flyers hockey player Johnston dies; Paul Delaney Correspondent Spokane 252 words 23 April 2006 The...
Stephane Yelle is playing in his 11th game 7 of his career tonight. Does anyone know who holds the record for most game 7s played? Joe Pelletier ... ...
Bobby Clarke is seemingly untouchable in Philadelphia. In all fairness, he's done an incredible job, despite falling short in terms of the Stanley Cup. But...
The short answer is that Ed Snider "handed over the keys" of the Flyers to his son Jay, who didn't have as strong feelings about Clarke as his dad. The Flyers...
Pacific Coliseum's 12-year championship cycle By Bob Mackin Hip-hip hooray, there's hockey in May! The rink on Renfrew, site of the 1982 and 1994 Stanley Cup...
Hi all, I read an assertion from a former WHA exec that 7 of the top 10 scorers in the NHL from 1979-1980 through 1985-1986 were former WHA players. (Not 7 of...
I'd say the proportion is reversed. Here's what I found in a quick run through Total Hockey. Corrections or additions welcome. 1. Wayne Gretzky (WHA) 553 481...
Hi Lloyd, Many thanks for your help! Yes, I thought the "7 of 10" figure was too high. Still, having former WHA players make up 1/3 of the top scorers for 6...
I don't see this as an impressive fact, but rather a coincidence. Neither Gretzky nor Goulet can be considered to have been developed by the WHA. Both were...
Hi, i'm looking for pre 1980's memorabilia from minor league hockey, WHA, old semi-pro/senior leagues, oldtyme NHL such as memorabilia from NY Americans, St...
In the late 40s and early 50s there was a new League formed called the Scottish League. Quite a few player who eventually joined the OHA played in that league....
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Jay runs Snider Capital, a venture capital firm, specializing in sports related businesses. I went to high school with him. Jim Dornberger Coincidently, my...
Some time ago, the question was raised as to whether anyone besides Harold Ballard was in 2 different Halls of Fame. According to a non-hockey fan friend of...
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Lionel Conacher is in several: the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and of course the...
There is a member of the US Hockey Hall of Fame who is also a member of the International Polo Hall of Fame. I can't remember his name right now. I think there...
Betty Richey is in the field hockey HOF and the us squash HOF. I am not sure if she is also in the lax HOF. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
John Reed Kilpatrick is in both the Hockey Hall of Fame and the College Hall of Fame (http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=43) [Non-text portions...
Kurri needs an asterisk. Most people do not realize, nor do they count, that Kurri played for the Finnish National Team when they played a game against the...
Many of the Canadians in the HHoF are also in the Canadian Sports HoF. Red Storey has been enshrined in a number of Halls of Fame. A lot of the French-Canadian...
Can anyone tell me what, if any, involvement that defenseman Brendan Witt had with the 1993 World Junior team for Canada? I know that he did not appear in the...
Lamar Hunt - three... NFL ('72), National Soccer ('92), and International Tennis ('93) Halls of Fame. Of course, he's enshrined as a builder in all of these,...
NHL Name Games Ned Bekavac, Guelph Ray Scapinello http://www.guelphtribune.ca/trib/sports/sports_580235.html Tucker the talker (May 12, 2006) Longtime NHL...
Does anyone know why in God's Holy Name the players (who can) grow beards for the playoffs and why? Erich in San Diego ... Get amazing travel prices for air...
HiI am looking for info on what happened to a hockey player after he left our area. He was a member of the first pro hockey league, the IHL in 1904.His name...
