When Robert Bortuzzo swooped in and lifted a backhander past San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones to snap a 2-2 tie and spark the St. Louis Blues to a 4-2 [ … ]
Category: Weird Hockey History
No Doubting Thomas’ Mark On Stanley Cup History
When the St. Louis Blues advanced to the Western Conference final with a 2-1 Game 7 double-overtime victory over the Dallas Stars, rookie forward Robert Thomas, 19, was among the [ … ]
If It Didn’t Go The Distance, It Wouldn’t Be Blues vs Stars
The St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars are meeting for the 14th time in a Stanley Cup playoff series and for the fifth time, they are going seven games. But [ … ]
Proof Positive Of Growing Trend In NHL Goalies
Ben Bishop, all 6-foot-6 of him, is a three-time Vezina Trophy finalist who is tending goal for the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Most saves in a regulation [ … ]
Stanley Cup: When First Isn’t Foremost
For the first time since expansion doubled the NHL from six to 12 teams in 1967-68, creating East and West Divisions, the top team in the East and the West [ … ]
Unbeaten Stanley Cup Champions
We’re only into the second week of Stanley Cup play and already, the field of unbeaten teams have been reduced to two – the Columbus Blue Jackets and the New [ … ]
Pirates were first American-based NHL team in Stanley Cup playoffs
They never won a playoff series, let alone a Stanley Cup, but in their brief NHL existence from 1925-26 through 1929-30, the Pittsburgh Pirates did make NHL history. On this [ … ]
Gamble Was The Face Of Table Hockey
Who’s scored the most goals in a Montreal Canadiens uniform? Maurice Richard? Guy Lafleur? Jean Beliveau? Nope. Who’s scored the most goals in a Toronto Maple Leafs uniform? Dave Keon? [ … ]