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THW's Hockey History for 01/02/2021
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01/02/2021 edition:
By Nathaniel Oliver on Jan 01, 2021 12:53 pm
By the time Dave Keon returned to the NHL for a curtain call with the Hartford Whalers, he was 39 years old. Even at 39, he was still only the third oldest player on the team behind fellow legends Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull. As the 1979-80 season progressed, Keon would turn 40 while Howe […]
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By THW Archives on Jan 01, 2021 12:39 pm
Growing up in the 1970’s as a hockey fan in Los Angeles, I was intimately familiar with three things very few Angelenos had even a remote grasp upon: 1) Los Angeles had an NHL hockey team, 2) said hockey team was named the Kings, and 3) the Triple Crown Line was bitchin’, man. Thirty years […]
The post Remembering the Los Angeles Kings’ Triple Crown Line appeared first on The Hockey Writers.
By THW Archives on Jan 01, 2021 11:53 am
The 2006 NHL Entry Draft gave the league many of their current day stars. Players like Phil Kessel, Claude Giroux, Brad Marchand, Jonathan Toews, and more came from this one draft, giving the league talent to draw from for seasons to come. But, as with all drafts, there was a fair share of players who […]
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By THW Archives on Jan 01, 2021 11:31 am
The saying is that records are meant to be broken, but in certain cases, they simply won’t be broken. Barring radical changes to the playing style and rules of the NHL, it’s highly unlikely that we’ll ever see anything like the below occurrences. Some relate to scoring, others awards, and a few singular oddball events […]
The post 10 NHL Oddities We’ll Never See Again appeared first on The Hockey Writers.
By THW Archives on Dec 31, 2020 04:51 pm
On Feb. 6, 1990, Brett Hull scored his 50th goal of the season, to become part of the first father-son combo to each score 50 goals in an NHL season. We thought we pull this nugget out of The Hockey Writers’ vault. Originally put together by former THW contributor Bill Schoeninger and published on Feb. 9, […]
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