He still has the third highest single season point total in Calgary Flames history – including the franchise’s time in Atlanta. He was part of… Read More »Bob MacMillan: 3rd Highest Single Season Points Total In Flames History
Claude Larose was the first overall pick by the Cincinnati Stingers at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. No, this is not the same Claude Larose… Read More »Claude Larose: First Overall Pick By Cincinnati At The 1975 WHA Draft
Darcy Rota was really getting it together a decade into his career. He was a 42 goal scorer with the Vancouver Canucks in 1982-83. The… Read More »Darcy Rota: What Could Have Been Without The Neck Injury
He never won an individual award as a player in the National Hockey League. But, for Bill Barber, that is not the measure of greatness.… Read More »Bill Barber: Forever Number 7 In Philadelphia And Kitchener
He’s a Hall of Famer. Just not for hockey. Doug Favell, veteran of over a decade of goaltending in the National Hockey League, was inducted… Read More »Doug Favell: Only Player Taken In Both The 1967 and 1979 Expansion Drafts
A star with the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL, Blair MacDonald was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings but chose to start his pro hockey… Read More »Blair MacDonald: 1st Winner Of The Zane Feldman Trophy
Calder Trophy winner, first NHL player to score a hat trick in consecutive games and holder of the New York Rangers record for most points… Read More »Steve Vickers: Most Points In A New York Rangers Game (Among Other Feats)
In his book ‘The Game’, Ken Dryden made reference to NHL hockey players always being a ‘former’. For Dryden, he was always a former Calder… Read More »Jim Lorentz: Central Hockey League Superstar