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Aug 24, 202110 min read
An enforcer and a gentleman: The Probert-Numminen connection
Hockey is a sport that is long associated with violence; it is also a sport that annually awards a trophy to the most gentlemanly player...
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Aug 17, 202110 min read
1990s Hobey Baker Award winners
In the 1990s, college hockey had existed in the United States for the better part of the 20th century, but it was only beginning in the...
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Aug 9, 20219 min read
Cue Brass Bonanza: the story of the Hartford Whalers
With three former Hartford Whalers featured in this post, I felt it appropriate to remember the fourth and final franchise to relocate...
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Jul 26, 202110 min read
Dave McLlwain and a single-season record
The 1990s was a great time for player movement via trades. Free agency would only truly become free after the lockout shortened season,...
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Jul 19, 20214 min read
The Original Flower and 90s expansion draft mayhem
For this post we focus solely on the original 'Flower', Guy Lafleur. Out of all the trivia and interesting facts surrounding Lafleur's...
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Jul 12, 20217 min read
Unexpected Stanley Cup Finals heroes
The Stanley Cup playoffs often produce unexpected heroes. Defensive forwards or defencemen who turn into goal scoring machines for a...
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Jul 2, 202110 min read
The best goal celebrations
When it comes to goal celebrations in hockey, there are two schools of thought. There is the 'act like you've been there before' crowd,...
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Jun 25, 202110 min read
Longest overtime games of the 1990s
One of the unique aspects of playoff hockey is the potential for games to extend for hours at a time. Players are exhausted, fans are...
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Jun 15, 20219 min read
The end of the enforcers
The Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970s turned the intimidation factor that was always present in hockey into a formula for a winning hockey...
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Jun 11, 202111 min read
Gary Roberts and what it takes to win the Masterton Trophy
The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and...
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Jun 2, 202110 min read
The start of the Soviet Era in the NHL
The dissolution of the Soviet Union took place during the late 1980s and early 1990s. With this geopolitical shift, many of the greatest...
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May 21, 20219 min read
Like father, like son - NHL family affairs
One of the benefits of over 100 years of NHL hockey is that there are almost four generations of pro hockey players, meaning there are...
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May 17, 202110 min read
1990s Hall of Very Good
A fun debate in hockey circles is looking at who deserves to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame that hasn't yet been elected. One of the...
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Apr 12, 20214 min read
4 Cups for Paul Coffey
Starting with a quick personal aside: this will be the last post for perhaps a couple of months as I am currently taking my final course...
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Mar 29, 202111 min read
JR Superstar and the Ten Team Wonder
The record for most number of franchises played for by a single player is Mike Sillinger, who played for 12 franchise over a 17 year...
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Mar 20, 202112 min read
American draft dreams? More like a nightmare
As I have discussed previously on this blog, the 1990s was the decade of emergence for the United States in hockey. The expansion that...
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Mar 16, 20219 min read
An homage to the power forward
The 1990s was an era where the power forward reigned supreme. Players such as Kevin Stevens, featured below, who could both score and...
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Mar 12, 20216 min read
The Magnificent One
Mario Lemieux is easily one of the most electrifying players to ever laces up the skates in the NHL. A combination of size (6'4", 230...
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Mar 3, 202110 min read
Cup winning goals galore
A fun stat I uncovered when researching this post was Stanley Cup winning goals. This doesn't mean just the exciting overtime winning...
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Mar 1, 20219 min read
Cup Champs aplenty and the expansion era comes of age
The 1990s represented a coming-of-age for the NHL. Expansion throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s meant these new teams had established...
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