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Tuesday night link dump and open thread
Just a few more days in the Raw Charge jersey challenge. Lightning news "Stammergeddon" is, of course, over. And the end of the Lightning didn't happen. [Don't Trade Vinny] There is a downside to Steven Stamkos' new contract with teh Tampa Bay Lightning [Tampabay.com] Will the money change...
Looking back on the first meeting between the Habs and Jets
With the Habs set to meet Winnipeg Jets 2.0 tonight, here's a look back at a post I did when word broke that the Atlanta Thrashers were moving north. Being the nostalgic and hockey historian that I am, I thought it was worth looking back at the first meeting between the Montreal Canadiens and the...
Hall vs. Plante: The greatest goaltending battle, 50 years later
Game Three of the 1961 Stanley Cup semi final has been described by legendary writer Red Fisher as "the greatest game among the thousands I’ve seen." He also lists the game as the third greatest moment he has seen, behind Paul Henderson's historic goal in 1972 and the Richard Riot. But why...
March 16, 1961: Boom Boom joins the Rocket with his 50th
It's amazing what a difference a half dozen years can make. In the spring of 1955, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion won the NHL's scoring title. The fans of the Canadiens, however, were not impressed and were angered that Geoffrion had passed the suspended Maurice "Rocket" Richard to earn the...
I'm Saving Hockey: A BTN March 6th Recap
Imagine my surprise upon looking at Gabe's bio to the left and seeing that he has truly offended the hockey gods. A composite stick? Surely he cannot be serious. Well, feast your eyes on this data, Desjardins: For those not clear on the value of a Worsley, it's about 21 stones. I don't think...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Eras
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together the top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer...
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians: The Trophies
The League of Extraordinary Statisticians (LOES) is a weekly forum bringing together the top analytical minds in the hockey world to answer a variety of questions that straddle the line between stats analysis and something you might hear floating around section 304. They have agreed to answer...
Morenz Numbers
I love this angle of the Howie Morenz statue, confidently blazing a trail into the future. The Mitchell Meteor was a legendary player who became almost a mythical figure in death, which occurred all too early at age 34. His funeral in March 1937 drew tens of thousands of mourners who filed past his...
... and Howe!
I have to start by calling myself out. The other day I wrote: For all the new trophies that have been added over the years, there is exactly one whose "winners" can be confidently projected back through the history of the game. If I had said "over my years" that would have been accurate. However,...
Blueshirts By the Numbers: Number 15: Anders Hedberg
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