The Three Stars and Other Selections: More Amazing Lists for Trivia Lovers

191 Pages·2000·10.59 MB·English

by  Jefferson Davis

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Davis, Jefferson, 1962-
The three stars and other selections : more amazing lists for trivia lovers
ISBN 1-55022-427-1
i. National Hockey League — Miscellanea. 2. Hockey Miscellanea.
I. Podnieks, Andrew. II. Title
GV847.D426 2000 796.96264 020-931709-0
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Ten Oddities About the Three Star Selection 1
Last Number One Goalies of the Original Six 3
Ten NHL Players to Become NHL Officials S
Seven Amazing Facts about Hilda Ranscombe I
Current NHL Coaches Who Once Played in the NHL 3
First Ten Coaches of the Minnesota North Stars 14
Eleven Odd Facts about the 500-Goal Club II
Most Games Missed by an Art Ross Trophy Winner IS
Ten Fewest Career Goals by Retired 1,000-Game Players 22ii
Nine 30-Goal Scorers with the Fewest Career NHL Goals li
Most Career Goals without a 30-Goal Season 2?
Most Consecutive Years with at Least 40 Goals 30
Ten Player Nickname Origins 12
Original Members of the Montreal Wanderers 35
Five Players Who Skated for All But One Original Six Team 31
Ten Obscure Brothers in the NHL 39
Fewest Career Minutes Played by a Goalie 42
Most Career Shutouts by a Goalie Who Debuted after the 1967 Expansion 41
Ten War-Time Goalies 4§
Most Penalty Minutes by a Player in His Only NHL Season (Original Six) 51
Most Points by a Player in His Sophomore Season 13
Longest Time between All-Star Game Appearances II
Eight Unlikely MVPs of the All-Star Game 18
Ten Members of the IIHF Hall of Fame with North American Connections 61
Ten Little-Known Members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame 65
Six Memorable Games from the First Super Series (1975-76) 68
Ten Best Players at the First World Junior Championships in 1977 70
Seven Longest Last Names of Active Players 73
Eight Shortest Last Names of Goalies in NHL History 75
Ten Best Players Whose Last Name Starts with a "V" 77
Ten Surnames with an X 81
Six Names That Don't Fit 83
Ten Best Wilsons 85
Longest Gap between Stanley Cup Wins by a Player 88
Seven Least-Known Players to Score a Cup-Winning Goal 919
Seven Largest Point Decreases by a Team in One Season 92
First Ten Stanley Cup Challenges 95
Most Consecutive Years Missing the Playoffs 98
Eight Most Lopsided NHL Playoff Games 100
Six Fastest Trips to the Stanley Cup Finals by an Expansion Team 102
Ten Biggest Mismatches in a First-Round Playoff Series 105
First Ten New York Rangers to Score a Playoff Overtime Goal 1108
Most Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team 111
Fewest Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team 113
First and Last Goals in Original Six Buildings 115
Five Players Born on February 29 116
Nine Shortest Lives of WHA Teams 119
Eight Best Toronto Toros 122
Ten One-Game Wonders of the Original Six 124
Eight Players Who Hold Single-Season Records for More Than One Franchise 1
Ten Records Wayne Gretzky Never Broke 110
Ten Toughest NHL Records to Break 132
Most Regular Season Games Played, One Season 135
Seven Best Players Drafted from the Brandon Wheat Kings 131
Eight Worst Top Five Draft Choices of the 1980s 140
Ten Successful NHLers Drafted by Lesser-Known Teams 141
First Ten American-Born U.S. College or High School Players Drafted in the
First Round 145
Seven Best Players Born in New York State 148
Eight Players from Cleveland to Play for Minnesota after the Merger of 1979 1
Seven Most Important Games Played in California 153
First NHL Games Played by the 1967-75 Expansion Teams 1i5
Eight Greatest Moments from the "Igloo" 157
Four Players Who Skated for the Most Expansion Teams 160
Eight Best Goaltending Tandems Since Expansion 161
Ten Under-Rated Defensemen from the 1970s 163
Ten Best Defensemen to Play for the Chicago Blackhawks 166
Ten Best California (Golden] Seals 118
Ten Best Toronto Maple Leafs Born in Quebec 112
Seven Key Trades between Toronto and Montreal 114
Ten Highest Single-Season Point Totals by a Montreal Centre 176
Photo Credits 170
Acknowledgements 180