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New York Rangers
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The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League, the team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, located in the borough of Manhattan. The Rangers are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils, the club is also one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise. They are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six, along with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Rangers were the first NHL franchise in the United States to win the Stanley Cup, the new team was quickly nicknamed Texs Rangers. Rickards franchise began play in the 1926–27 season, the first team crest was a horse sketched in blue carrying a cowboy waving a hockey stick aloft, before being changed to the familiar R-A-N-G-E-R-S in diagonal. Rickard managed to get future legendary Toronto Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe to assemble the team. However, Smythe had a falling-out with Rickards hockey man, Col. John S. Hammond, Smythe was replaced by Pacific Coast Hockey Association co-founder Lester Patrick. The new team Smythe assembled turned out to be a winner, the Rangers won the American Division title their first year but lost to the Boston Bruins in the playoffs. The teams early success led to players becoming minor celebrities and fixtures in New York Citys Roaring Twenties nightlife and it was also during this time, playing at the Garden on 48th Street, blocks away from Times Square, that the Rangers obtained their now-famous nickname The Broadway Blueshirts. In only their season, the Rangers won the Stanley Cup. One of the most memorable stories that emerged from the Finals involved Patrick playing in goal at the age of 44, an angry Patrick lined up between the pipes for two periods in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, allowing one goal to Maroons center Nels Stewart. Frank Boucher would eventually score the goal in overtime for New York. The Rangers would spend the rest of the 1930s playing close to 0.500 hockey until their next Cup win, Lester Patrick stepped down as head coach and was replaced by Frank Boucher. In 1939–40 season, the Rangers finished the season in second place behind Boston. The two teams would meet in the first round of the playoffs. The Bruins gained a series lead from New York, but the Rangers recovered to win three-straight games. The Rangers first round victory gave them a bye until the finals, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the New York Americans in their first round best-of-three series two games to one, and the Toronto Maple Leafs ousted the Chicago Black Hawks two games to none
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Montreal
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Montreal, officially Montréal, is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the 2nd-most populous in Canada as a whole. Originally called Ville-Marie, or City of Mary, it is believed to be named after Mount Royal, the city has a distinct four-season continental climate, with warm-to-hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In 2016, Montreal had a population of 1,704,694, Montreals metropolitan area had a population of 4,098,927 and a population of 1,958,257 in the urban agglomeration, with all of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal included. Legally a French-speaking city,60. 5% of Montrealers speak French at home,21. 2% speak English and 19. 8% speak neither, Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with 56% of the population able to speak both official languages. Montreal is the second-largest primarily French-speaking city in the world after Paris, historically the commercial capital of Canada, it was surpassed in population and economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s. It remains an important centre of commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, education, culture, tourism, gaming, film, Montreal was also named a UNESCO City of Design. In 2009, Montreal was named North Americas leading host city for international events, according to the 2009 preliminary rankings of the International Congress. According to the 2015 Global Liveability Ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit, in the 2017 edition of their Best Student Cities ranking, Quacquarelli Symonds ranked Montreal as the worlds best city to study abroad. Also, Montreal has 11 universities with 170,000 students enrolled, the Greater Montréal region has the highest number of university students per capita among all metropolitan areas in North America. It is the only Canadian city to have held the Summer Olympics, currently, the city hosts the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One, the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Just for Laughs festival. In 2012, Montreal was ranked as a Beta+ world city, in Kanien’kéha, or Mohawk language, the island is called Tiohtià, ke Tsi or Ka-wé-no-te. In Anishinaabemowin, or Ojibwe language, the land is called Mooniyaang, though the city was first named by French colonizers Ville Marie, or City of Mary, its current name comes from Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The most popular theory is that the name derives from Mont Réal, Cartiers 1535 diary entry, naming the mountain, according to the Commission de toponymie du Québec and the Geographical Names Board of Canada, Canadian place names have only one official form. Thus, Montreal is officially spelled with an accent over the e in both English and French. In practice, this is limited to governmental uses. English-speaking Montrealers, including English-language media, regularly omit the accent when writing in English, archaeological evidence demonstrates that First Nations native people occupied the island of Montreal as early as 4,000 years ago. By the year AD1000, they had started to cultivate maize, within a few hundred years, they had built fortified villages. Archeologists have found evidence of their habitation there and at locations in the valley since at least the 14th century
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Montreal Forum
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Montreal Forum was an indoor arena located facing Cabot Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called the most storied building in history by Sporting News, it was the home of the National Hockey Leagues Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938. The Forum was built by the Canadian Arena Company in 159 days, located at the northeast corner of Atwater and Ste-Catherine West, the building was historically significant as it was home to 24 Stanley Cup championships. It was also home to the Montreal Roadrunners and Montreal Junior Canadiens, the Forum opened on November 29,1924, at a total cost of C$1,500,000 with an original seating capacity of 9,300. It underwent two renovations, in 1949 and 1968, when the Forum closed in 1996 it had a capacity of 17,959, which included approximately 1,600 in standing room. A new centre-hung scoreclock, designed by Daktronics, was installed in the mid-1980s, a Rainforest Cafe was supposed to open, but never got built since the building closed. The idea to build the Forum in 1923 is credited to Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty, at the suggestion of Senator Donat Raymond, William Northey developed a plan for a 12,500 seat capacity rink. Plans were scaled back for financial reasons to a rink of 9,300 seats, even at the reduced size, the rink could not immediately find financing. The Forum would eventually be financed by H. L. Timmins, the site selected was the site of a roller skating rink named the Forum, and the name was kept. The site had previously been the site of an ice hockey rink, used by Frank and Lester Patrick, Art Ross. The Quebec Junior Hockey League played on Monday nights, the Bank League on Tuesdays, the Montreal Forum hosted Memorial Cup games in 1950,1968,1969,1970,1973 &1976, with the Junior Canadiens winning on home ice in 1970. In 1972, the Forum hosted game one of the famous Summit Series between Team Canada and the USSR, the USSR won the game 7-3, the 1980 NHL Entry Draft was hosted at the Forum. It would mark the first time that an NHL Arena hosted the event, only two visiting teams have ever won the Stanley Cup on Forum ice, the New York Rangers did so in 1928, defeating the Maroons, while the Calgary Flames defeated the Canadiens in 1989. On March 11,1996, the Montreal Canadiens played their last game at the Montreal Forum, the game was televised on TSN and TQS in Canada, and on ESPN2 in the United States. The Stars Guy Carbonneau, who had captained the Canadiens from 1989 to 1994, after the game, many previous hockey greats were presented to the crowd, most notably Maurice Richard, who received a sixteen-minute standing ovation from the crowd as he broke down in tears. The flaming torch was passed on to each of the former Canadiens captains, the next day, a parade was organized in which the torch was carried down the route to the Molson Centre. Their first game at the new venue was against the New York Rangers, the Forum also hosted other sports, including indoor soccer, boxing, lacrosse and tennis. The Forum was a site of five events in the 1976 Summer Olympics, gymnastics, handball, basketball, volleyball, the gymnastics event included Nadia Comanecis famous perfect 10, the first in Olympic history
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Lester Patrick
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Along with his brother Frank Patrick and father Joseph Patrick, he founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and helped develop several rules for the game of hockey. Patrick won six Stanley Cups as a player, coach and manager, the son of a wealthy lumberman, Patrick was a great rover and defenceman who first came to prominence in 1900 when he played for McGill University. In 1904 he was the star for the Brandon team in the Northwestern and Manitoba Hockey Leagues, with Patrick at cover point, Brandon challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup in that season, but were defeated in the two-game, total-goal series. He had greater success with the famed Montreal Wanderers in the 1906 and 1907 seasons, scoring 41 goals as a rushing defenceman in just 28 scheduled games while serving as captain of the Redbands, Patrick led them to the Stanley Cup in both seasons. By 1910 the entire Patrick family would affect the Nelson, British Columbia Ladies Hockey Club, sisters Myrtle, Cynda and Dora Patrick were all involved with the club. In 1911 the Nelson Ladies Club was coached by Lester, the Patricks long had western ties. Patrick invented 22 new rules that remain in the NHL rulebook to this day and he introduced the blue line, the forward pass, and the playoff system, a change adopted by other leagues and sports around the world. After a suggestion by his father Joe, he began using numbers on players sweaters, a new rule allowed the puck to be kicked everywhere but into the net, and allowed goaltenders to fall to the ice to make a save. He was responsible for crediting assists when a goal was scored and its no wonder he was later called the Brains of Modern Hockey. Lester himself was the captain and star of the Victoria Aristocrats, the franchise — plagued by small crowds — was moved to Spokane, Washington and became the Spokane Canaries in 1916, and Patrick achieved his fourth and final First Team All-Star berth. After that season the Canaries were disbanded, and Patrick joined the Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans, the Aristocrats were revived in 1918 as the Victoria Cougars, and Patrick took over as player-manager. Despite playing in only half the games, he was named to the Second All-Star team once more before retiring as a player after the 1922 season. Patrick is famous for an incident which occurred during the Stanley Cup finals of 1928 and this is a record for the oldest goalie to play in the Stanley Cup Finals that still stands today. At the time it was not common for teams to have a backup goaltender, Patrick saved 18 to 19 shots while allowing one goal in helping the Rangers to an overtime victory. For the next three games, the league gave permission for the Rangers to use Joe Miller from the New York Americans in goal, the Rangers went on to win the Stanley Cup. Patrick also guided the Rangers to another championship in 1933, Patrick finally retired as general manager in 1946, but stayed on as vice president of Madison Square Garden, finally exiting in 1950. Patrick donated a trophy to the Western Hockey League, the Lester Patrick Cup, to go to the champions of that league. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947, suffering from cancer, Lester died at his Victoria home after a heart attack on June 1,1960, at the age of 76
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Eddie Gerard
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Edward George Gerard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada he played professionally for 10 seasons for the hometown Ottawa Senators and was member of several Stanley Cup-winning teams before retiring as a player in 1923. He continued in hockey afterward as a coach until 1935, winning a further Stanley Cup in 1926 and he was regarded as one of the most prominent athletes in Ottawa, active in several sports and was a halfback for the Ottawa Rough Riders football club from 1909 to 1913. When the Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1945, Gerard was one of the original 12 players inducted and his father was of Scottish descent. He married Lillian Mackenzie and had two daughters and he worked as a printer and was employed by the Canadian Government Printing Bureau. He moved to the survey in 1912, and at the time of his death was chief engineering clerk for the survey. In November 1913, while still a player, Gerard was approached by several teams in regards to turning professional. He initially had an offer from the Montreal Canadiens of $1,000 for, early in the month the Ottawa Senators offered him a contract of $1,500 for two seasons, which would have made him one of the highest paid players in hockey. He also received an offer from the Sydney Hockey Club from the Maritime Hockey League promised $1,600 for the season, Gerard joined the professional ranks in 1913–14 with the Ottawa Senators, after playing in senior amateur play since 1907 with various Ottawa teams. He had also played football, and gave that up to play with the Senators. One of the highest regarded athletes in Ottawa, he signed with the Senators when they assured him he would be able to keep his government job. When he did sign, he was given a bonus of C$400, in 1915, he was named to the NHA All-Stars which went on a tour in British Columbia to play PCHA teams. Gerard was player-coach of the Senators from 1916 until 1918 and he later served as captain of the Senators from 1919 to 1923. He retired after the 1922–23 season due to a growth, although benign, in his throat, Gerard won four Stanley Cups during his playing career. Three came as a member of the Ottawa Senators and one with the Toronto St. Pats, in game five of the 1921 Stanley Cup Finals, Gerard had six penalties, one of which was a match penalty near the end of the game. Gerard was attending the 1922 Stanley Cup Final, held that year in Toronto when Harry Cameron, vancouver Millionaires Manager Lester Patrick gave permission to Toronto to use Gerard to replace their injured player. Toronto won the game and the series and it was his only game with the St. Pats. After retiring as a player he was the Manager-Coach of the Montreal Maroons from 1924–25 season to 1928–29 season and he resigned from the Maroons, where he never had a formal contract, on July 8,1929
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Captain (ice hockey)
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In ice hockey the captain is the player designated by his team as the only person authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations when he is on the ice. At most levels of each team must designate one captain. The captain wears a C on his sweater, while the alternate captains wear an A, as with most team sports that designate captains, the captain is usually a well-respected player and a de facto team leader. The captain is a dressing room leader, and also represents the players concerns to management, NHL teams need not designate the same player as captain from game to game, though most teams do. For instance, in the 1985–86, when Boston Bruins captain Terry OReilly retired, Ray Bourque, Middleton wore the C during home games and Bourque for road games during the seasons first half, and the two switched for the second half. This arrangement continued until Middleton retired in 1988 and Bourque became the sole captain, some teams name two or three captains for a season. Some teams rotate captains rather than one for an extended period of time. During each NHL game, however, only one player can officially be designated as captain. Captains are selected by different means, in instances, teams have held votes among their players to choose a team captain, while on other occasions. Captains are often due to their seniority in the game. However, franchise players—current or emerging stars—have also been named captains, though not required, many captains have previously served as alternate captains of their team. The NHL introduced a rule prohibiting the goaltender from being a captain following the 1947–48 season, in the NCAA, there is no position-based restriction on the team captain. Teams may designate alternate captains, also erroneously called assistant captains. Alternate captains wear the letter A on their jerseys in the manner that team captains wear the C. In the NHL, teams may appoint a captain and up to two alternate captains, or they may appoint three alternate captains and no captain. A team commonly has three alternate captains when the team has not selected a captain, or when the captain is injured. International and USA amateur rules do not allow this, they stipulate that each team shall appoint a Captain, if the team chooses to not appoint a captain, they are not permitted to appoint a fourth alternate captain. When the captain is off the ice or unavailable for the game, NHL teams may choose alternate captains from game to game or appoint regular alternate captains for the season
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Bill Cook
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A prolific scorer, Cook led the WCHL in goals twice and the NHL three times. He was named an all-star seven times between the two leagues, known as The Original Ranger, Cook was the first captain of the New York Rangers, scored the first goal in franchise history and led the team to two Stanley Cup championships. Turning to coaching following his career, Cook led the Cleveland Barons to two Calder Cup championships and the Minneapolis Millers to a United States Hockey League championship. He coached the New York Rangers during the 1951–52 NHL season until his retirement in 1953, Cook was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952 and Canadas Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. Cook was born on October 9,1895, in Brantford and he was a middle child of a large family, and the eldest of three sons, preceding his brothers Frederick and Alexander. The family moved to Kingston, Ontario, where he learned to skate on the Rideau Canal and he joined the Kingston Frontenacs junior hockey team in 1913 and played for two seasons before his career was interrupted by the First World War. He volunteered to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1915, Cook participated in several engagements, including at Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge and Hill 70. He then fought into 1919 in Siberia as part of the intervention in the Russian Civil War. Upon his return from the war, Cook rejoined the Frontenacs for one season before joining the Sault Ste and he led the Northern Ontario Hockey Association in both goals,12, and points,19, while the Greyhounds won the NOHA championship. He won the title again in 1921–22 with 20 goals and 28 points. Spurning offers from National Hockey League teams to turn professional in the league, Cook moved to Saskatchewan. The Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League attempted to recruit him for the 1922–23 season, instead, he joined the Saskatoon Crescents. He recorded 25 points in 30 games in his first professional season, returning to Saskatoon in 1923–24, Cook led the WCHL with 26 goals and 40 points. He was named the right wing for the first of three consecutive seasons. He scored 22 goals in 1924–25, the WCHL rebranded itself the Western Hockey League and the Crescents became the Sheiks in 1925–26. Cook again led in goals and points with 31 and 44 respectively, and had become known as the best right wing in hockey. The WHL had run into difficulty in its final seasons. The Montreal Maroons intended to sign both Cook and his brother Bun to join their team for the 1926–27 NHL season
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Dunc Munro
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Duncan Brown Munro was a Canadian Olympic ice hockey player who played with and coached the Montreal Maroons. He was born in Moray, Scotland, when he was still a child his family moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he learned to play hockey. In his youth Munro also excelled in track events as a runner and he attended the University of Toronto Schools, where he played on the hockey team that won the first Memorial Cup. Before the NHL, he played for the Toronto Granites, a team that featured future Hockey Hall of Famer Hooley Smith and this team won the gold medal in the 1924 Winter Olympics. Team Captain Munro scored 18 goals in the Olympic tournament, which saw the Canadians outscore their opponents by a total of 110 to 3. As a result of the winning the gold medal, there was a scramble to sign players from this elite squad. The Montreal Maroons won the Stanley Cup in their inaugural season, the Maroons had a strong defense, led by the teams captain Munro and featuring Red Dutton and Reg Noble. They gave up few chances to opposition marksmen, the Maroons went on to make the finals in 1928, but lost to the New York Rangers. The following season Munro suffered an attack that hospitalized him. His absence was felt and the Maroons tumbled to the bottom of the Canadian Division of the NHL. It was said of the players of the Maroons that they were as interested in the market as they were in hockey. He had signed a contract and was a shrewd investor. Munro recovered his health in time for the 1929–30 season and was named player-coach upon his return and he took the Maroons from worst to first in the Canadian Division that year. The following year the Maroons signed practically the entire Montreal A. A. A, allan Cup team and the team sagged, and before the season ended, he was fired as coach, replaced by George Buck Boucher. He played his last season with the Montreal Canadiens in 1931–32. Having suffered several attacks over the years, Dunc Munro died in Montreal on January 3,1958 at age 56. com Dunc Munro - Bio, pictures, stats and more at http
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1927 Stanley Cup Finals
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The 1927 Stanley Cup Finals was an NHL championship series played by the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins. It was the first time the Cup was solely contested by National Hockey League teams and it was won by the Ottawa Senators, coached by Dave Gill, over the Boston Bruins, coached by Art Ross. This was the Senators fourth win since 1920, and eleventh overall, the original Senators would not win another. It would be the last time a team from Ottawa would play in the Finals until the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, the Stanley Cup Final was originally intended to be a best-of-three series. After the first game was declared a draw, NHL President Calder ruled that the series would go no more than five games, if the teams were tied after five games, the teams would share the championship. In the end, the series went four games because of two ties and these were the last ties in Stanley Cup history, notwithstanding the unfinished 3–3 Stanley Cup final match between Edmonton and Boston on May 24,1988. Ottawas Frank Nighbor was playing in his sixth Stanley Cup series, while Bostons Sprague Cleghorn, rough play marred the series, in the final game, Lionel Hitchman and George Boucher were ejected for a wild fight which Ottawa police had to break up. Hooley Smith butt-ended Bostons Harry Oliver, and Eddie Shore fought with Smith in retaliation, after the game, Billy Coutu assaulted referee Jerry Laflamme, tackled referee Billy Bell and started a bench-clearing brawl. Coutu was barred from the league for life, Smith was given a one-month suspension effective in the 1927–28 season, while Boucher, Hitchman and it is known that one fan, Russell Williams, attended both games,80 years apart, both games won by Ottawa. Game one The first game ended in a draw after two ten-minute overtime periods. In the overtime, the condition of the ice became unplayable, there were two disallowed goals, one by each team, and both disallowed by off-sides. Before the next game, Calder decided that the series would play to five games if necessary, if after the five games, the teams were tied, that the teams would share the Stanley Cup honours. Calder also ruled that overtimes would be limited to 20 minutes, game two In the second game, the Senators changed their tactics, going on the offensive. King Clancy and Cy Denneny scored in the first period for Ottawa, the Senators played a defensive game in the second period. In the third period, Harry Oliver scored for the Bruins on a scramble to bring the Bruins within one. In the final minute, with the Bruins pressing, Denneny scored again to put the game beyond doubt, game three The series switched to Ottawa. The Bruins took the early lead, Jimmy Sailor Herbert broke in on a pass from Harry Oliver and beat Alex Connell in the Ottawa net at 7,14 of the first period. In the second, the Senators picked up the pace and Denneny scored at 15,15 on a pass from Clancy to tie the score, neither team could break the tie in the third period or the two overtimes
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Stanley Cup Finals
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The Stanley Cup Final in ice hockey is the NHLs championship series to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup, North Americas oldest professional sports trophy. The Stanley Cup was first awarded in 1893, originally a challenge trophy, starting in 1915, the Cup was officially held between the champion of the National Hockey Association and the champion of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. After a series of mergers and folds, it became the championship trophy of the National Hockey League in 1926. Today, the round of the NHLs playoffs is a best-of-seven series played between the champions of the Eastern and Western Conferences. The Stanley Cup was first awarded to the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893 when the won the 1893 AHAC season. The team then had to defend its champion-title both through league championships and challenge games organised by the Stanley Cup trustees, until 1912, these challenges could take place before or during a league season. After 1912, the ordered that challenges only take place after all league games were completed. The series was pre-arranged between the two prior to the season after post-season exhibitions held in the their previous seasons. The inaugural series was to be held in the city of the NHA champion, after the series got under way, there was some concern that the series would not produce an official Stanley Cup champion. The Victoria club had not formally applied to the Stanley Cup trustees to challenge for the Cup, however, on March 18, trustee William Foran stated that it was a misunderstanding. Any tension was disffused as Toronto successfully defended the Cup by sweeping a best-of-five series in three games and this began the end of the influence of the Stanley Cup trustees on the challengers and series for the Cup. Victoria vs. Toronto All games played at Arena Gardens in Toronto, part of their 1913 agreement to set up drafting and player rights ownership, the NHA and PCHA leagues agreed to have their respective champions face each other for the Cup. At the same time, the NHA concluded an agreement with the Maritime Hockey League but the MHL champions abandoned their 1914 challenge. From 1914 onwards, the Stanley Cup championship finals alternated between the East and the West each year, with alternating games played according to NHA and PCHA rules, two years later, the Rosebuds became the first American team to play in the Stanley Cup championship finals. In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Cup, after that season, the NHA dissolved, and the National Hockey League took its place. In 1919, the Spanish influenza epidemic forced the Montreal Canadiens, the format for the Stanley Cup championship changed in 1922, with the creation of the Western Canada Hockey League. Now three leagues competed for the Cup and this necessitated a series between two league champions, with the third having a bye directly to the finals. In 1924, the PCHA and the WCHL merged to form the Western Hockey League, after winning in the 1924–25 season, the Victoria Cougars became the last team outside the NHL to win the Stanley Cup
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1929 Stanley Cup Finals
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The 1929 Stanley Cup Finals NHL championship series was played by the defending champion New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins. This was the first time in Stanley Cup history that two American-based teams met in the Final, Boston won the series to win its first championship. The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a champion from each division. The Boston Bruins knocked off the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers beat the New York Americans, the Rangers beat Toronto and then the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup defeating the Rangers. In the process, Boston became one of the few Cup winners in history to not lose a game in the playoffs. The Stanley Cup final was a best of three series, goalie Cecil Tiny Thompson backstopped the Bruins to consecutive wins, and posted the third Stanley Cup shutout for a rookie. Game 2 was played at Madison Square Garden and these players did not qualify, but their names were put on the cup in 1958,4 Eric Pettinger,11 Frank Fredrickson 1 Hal Winkler. † Name is listed on the picture, but not engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1929. When the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 1928–29 they decided to use the rest of the ring that the 1926–27 Ottawa Senators had put on the cup, there was not enough room to include every official winning members. They had to leave off Red Green, Ed Rodden, when the cup was redone during the 1957–58 season, Green, Rodden, Klein were added to the cup. They also included Hal Winkler, Eric Pettinger and Frank Fredrickson, by mistake Charles Adams and George Owen were left off the cup 2nd version, even though there was more than enough room to include them. From 1958 to 1993 the 1928–29 Boston Bruins were on the Stanley Cup in 2 different places, once beside 1926–27 Ottawa, and other on the first larger ring with winners from 1927–28 to 1939–40. Cy Dennenys name was engraved twice on the ring, once as Cy Dennenny Coach. Podnieks, Andrew, Hockey Hall of Fame
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Stanley Cup
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The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner. The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC, and subsequent winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games, Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. After a series of mergers and folds, it was established as the de facto championship trophy of the NHL in 1926. There are actually three Stanley Cups, the bowl of the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the authenticated Presentation Cup. The NHL has maintained control over both the trophy itself and its associated trademarks. Nevertheless, the NHL does not actually own the trophy, the original bowl was made of silver and is 18.5 centimetres in height and 29 centimetres in diameter. The current Stanley Cup, topped with a copy of the bowl, is made of a silver and nickel alloy, it has a height of 89.54 centimetres. Unlike the trophies awarded by the major professional sports leagues of North America. Originally, the winners kept it until a new champion was crowned, currently, winning teams get the Stanley Cup during the summer and a limited number of days during the season. It is unusual among trophies to include winning members names, every year since 1924, a select portion of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff names are engraved on its bands. However, there is not enough room to include all the players and non-players, initially a new band added each year, though this caused the trophy to grow in size, earning the nickname Stovepipe Cup. In 1958 the modern one-piece Cup was designed with a barrel which could contain 13 winning teams per band. To prevent the Stanley Cup from growing, when the band is full, the oldest band is removed and preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanleys Cup, The Holy Grail, the Stanley Cup is surrounded by numerous legends and traditions, the oldest of which is the celebratory drinking of champagne out of the cup by the winning team. Since the 1914–15 season, the Cup has been won a combined 100 times by 18 active NHL teams, prior to that, the challenge cup was held by nine different teams. The Montreal Canadiens have won the Cup a record 24 times and are the most recent Canadian-based team to win the cup, the Stanley Cup was not awarded in 1919 because of a Spanish flu epidemic, and in 2005, as a consequence of the 2004–05 NHL lockout. After the Lord Stanley of Preston was appointed by Queen Victoria as Governor General of Canada on June 11,1888, he, Stanley was first exposed to the game at Montreals 1889 Winter Carnival, where he saw the Montreal Victorias play the Montreal Hockey Club. The Montreal Gazette reported that he expressed his delight with the game of hockey
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Seattle Metropolitans
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The Seattle Metropolitans were a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. They won the Stanley Cup in 1917, becoming the first United States team to do so, eleven years before the NHLs American franchise, the Metropolitans played their home games at the Seattle Ice Arena. The Metropolitans were formed in 1915 as an expansion team, to stock the team, the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association was raided. The Blueshirts had won the Stanley Cup in 1914 and this provided Seattle with a competitive squad. The Blueshirts players who moved to Seattle were Eddie Carpenter, Frank Foyston, Hap Holmes, Jack Walker, Seattle won the 1917 championship by defeating the National Hockey Associations Montreal Canadiens three games to one by a combined score of 23 to 11. Fourteen of Seattles goals were scored by Bernie Morris, games one and three were played under PCHA rules, i. e. seven players per side, forward passing in the neutral zone, and no substitution for penalized players. Games two and four were played under NHA rules, i. e. six players per side, no forward passing, after winning the 1917 Stanley Cup the Metropolitans also played in the Stanley Cup finals in 1919 and 1920, when they lost to the Ottawa Senators. During the 1920 Stanley Cup finals, the Ottawa Senators would don solid white Jerseys to avoid confusion with Seattles barber pole style of green, red and white. The 1920 Series was subsequently relocated from Ottawa to Torontos mutual artificial ice surface at Torontos Mutual Street Arena due to ice conditions. The PCHA consisted of four teams for the 1915-16 and 1916-17 seasons, from 1922-23, games against the Western Canada Hockey League counted in the PCHA standings. This allowed Seattle to have a record yet still win the league regular season championship in 1924. In 1924, the Seattle team folded and the PCHA ceased to operate, in its final season, the team had an average of 1000 fans per game in attendance. Arena owners subsequently did not renew the teams lease, the remaining teams of Vancouver and Victoria joined the WCHL for the 1924-1925 season. On December 5,2015, the Seattle Thunderbirds held a special Seattle Metropolitans Night to celebrate 100 years of Seattle hockey, during the game, the team wore replicas of the original Metropolitans jersey and temporarily changed the team name to the Seattle Metropolitans. The final score was a 3-2 Metropolitans win over the Tri-City Americans
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1917 Stanley Cup Finals
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Seattle defeated Montreal three games to one in a best-of-five game series to become the first United States-based team to win the Cup. It was also the first Stanley Cup Final to be played in the United States, Seattle won the PCHA title after finishing the 1916–17 regular season in first place with a 16–8 record. Meanwhile, Montreal advanced to the series after narrowly defeating the Ottawa Senators, 7–6. The games of the Final were played at the Seattle Ice Arena, games one and three were played under PCHA seven-man rules, games two and four were played under NHA six-man rules. Bernie Morris scored 14 of Seattles 23 total goals for the series, future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Hap Holmes recorded a 2.90 goals-against average for the Mets. Game one In game one, Didier Pitre scored four goals as he led the Canadiens to an 8–4 victory, Pitre opened the scoring in the third minute before Morris tied it four minutes later. Jack Laviolette scored twenty seconds later to put the Canadiens ahead, con Corbeau and Newsy Lalonde scored in the second to put the Canadiens ahead 5–1 after two periods. In the third, Morris and Frank Foyston scored to bring Seattle within two goals, before Pitre scored again, Morris scored to make it 6–4 before Pitre and Corbeau scored to make the final score 8–4. Game two Seattle tied the series with a convincing win played under NHA hockey rules, Morris opened the scoring at nine minutes of the first period. Wilson scored to make it 2–0 for Seattle after the first period, Morris and Foyston scored in the second to put Seattle up 4–0 after two periods. Frank Foyston then scored twice in the period to complete his hat trick. Seattle then played defensively but Tommy Smith scored in the minutes for the Canadiens to spoil the shutout. Frustration boiled over at the start of the period with a fight between Roy Rickey and Billy Coutu before Harry Mummery jumped into the fray. Game three The game was played at a fast clip with no goals before Morris scored after ten minutes, montreals goaltender Georges Vézina made several big saves in the second to hold Seattle off from scoring. Coutu and Rickey had their third fight of the series and Coutu was given a twenty-minute penalty, the Canadiens held off Seattle in an ensuing power play to end the second with Seattle holding a one-goal lead. In the third, Foyston scored after five minutes and Morris scored a pair of goals to give Seattle a 4–0 lead. Game four In an individual rush, Morris put the Mets ahead early in the first period, the Canadiens tried to fight back, but were stymied by the defences of Seattle. Seattle scored three times in the period to put the game out of reach
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Ottawa Senators (original)
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The Ottawa Senators were a professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a member of the National Hockey League. The club, which was officially the Ottawa Hockey Club, was known by nicknames, including the Generals in the 1890s, the Silver Seven from 1903 to 1907. Generally acknowledged by historians as one of the greatest teams of the early days of the sport. Ottawa HC played in the first season during which the Stanley Cup was challenged in 1893, the club repeated its success in the 1920s, winning the Stanley Cup in 1920,1921,1923 and 1927. In total, the won the Stanley Cup eleven times. In 1950, Canadian sports editors selected the Ottawa HC/Senators as Canadas greatest team in the first half of the 20th century. The club competed in the NHL until the 1933–34 season, when it relocated the NHL franchise to St. Louis, Missouri, the organization continued the Senators as an amateur, and later semi-professional, team in Quebec senior mens leagues until 1954. The Ottawa Hockey Club was founded by a group of like-minded hockey enthusiasts. A month after witnessing games of hockey at the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival, Halder Kirby, Jack Kerr and Frank Jenkins met, being the first organized ice hockey club in Ottawa, and also the first in Ontario, the club had no other clubs to play that season. The only activities that winter were practices at the Royal Rink starting on March 5,1883, the club first participated competitively at the 1884 Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournament wearing red and black uniforms. Future Ottawa mayor Nelson Porter is recorded as the scorer of the clubs first-ever goal, Frank Jenkins was the first captain of the team, he later became the president of the Hockey Club in 1891 and of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada in 1892. For the 1885 season, the club adopted gold and blue as its colours, Ottawa earned its first-ever victory at the tournament over the Montreal Victorias, but lost its final match to the Montreal Hockey Club to place second in the tournament. The 1886 Montreal tournament was cancelled due to an outbreak of smallpox, on December 8,1886, the first championship league, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was founded in Montreal. It was composed of clubs from Montreal plus a Quebec City club. Ottawas Thomas D. Green was named the first president of the league, under the format, Ottawa lost the one challenge it played in that first 1887 season to the Montreal Victorias. After that season, Ottawa HC became inactive, the Royal Rink, which had been their primary facility, had been converted to a roller skating rink, and ice rink facilities were at a shortage. This changed with the opening of the Rideau Skating Rink in February 1889, One of the principal organizers in the restarting of the team was Ottawa Journal publisher P. D. Ross, who also played on the team
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Montreal Canadiens
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The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League, the clubs official name is le Club de hockey Canadien. The team is referred to in English and French as the Habs. French nicknames for the team include Les Canadiens, Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, La Sainte-Flanelle, Le Tricolore, Les Glorieux, Les Habitants, Le CH and Le Grand Club. Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the longest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide, the franchise is one of the Original Six teams, a description used for the teams that made up the NHL from 1942 until the 1967 expansion. The teams championship season in 1992–93 was the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup, the Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times than any other franchise. They have won 24 Stanley Cups,22 of them since 1927, on a percentage basis, as of 2014, the franchise has won 25. Since 1996, the Canadiens have played their games at Centre Bell. The team previously played at the Montreal Forum which housed the team for seven decades and all, the Canadiens were founded by J. Ambrose OBrien on December 4,1909, as a charter member of the National Hockey Association, the forerunner to the National Hockey League. It was to be the team of the community in Montreal, composed of francophone players. The teams first season was not a success, as they placed last, after the first year, ownership was transferred to George Kennedy of Montreal and the teams fortunes improved over the next seasons. The team won its first Stanley Cup championship in the 1915–16 season, in 1917, with four other NHA teams, the Canadiens formed the NHL, and they won their first NHL Stanley Cup during the 1923–24 season, led by Howie Morenz. The team moved from the Mount Royal Arena to the Montreal Forum for the 1926–27 season, the club began the 1930s decade successfully, with Stanley Cup wins in 1930 and 1931. The Canadiens and its rival, the Montreal Maroons, declined both on the ice and economically during the Great Depression. Losses grew to the point where the team owners considering selling the team to interests in Cleveland, Ohio, the Maroons still suspended operations, and several of their players moved to the Canadiens. Led by the Punch Line of Maurice Rocket Richard, Toe Blake and Elmer Lach in the 1940s, the Canadiens added ten more championships in 15 seasons from 1965 to 1979, with another dynastic run of four-straight Cups from 1976 to 1979. In the 1976–77 season, the Canadiens set two still-standing team records — for most points, with 132, and fewest losses, by losing eight games in an 80-game season. The next season, 1977–78, the team had a 28-game unbeaten streak, scotty Bowman, who would later set a record for most NHL victories by a coach, was the teams head coach for its last five Stanley Cup victories in the 1970s
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Boston Bruins
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The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League, the team has been in existence since 1924, and is the leagues third-oldest team and is the oldest in the United States. It is also an Original Six franchise, along with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins have won six Stanley Cup championships, tied for fourth most of all-time with the Blackhawks and their home arena is the TD Garden, where they have played since 1995. The Bruins began play in the NHL on December 1,1924, in 1924, at the convincing of Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams, the National Hockey League decided to expand to the United States. Adams had fallen in love with hockey while watching the 1924 Stanley Cup Finals between the NHL champion Montreal Canadiens and the WCHL champion Calgary Tigers. With the Montreal Maroons, the team was one of the NHLs first expansion teams, Adams first act was to hire Art Ross, a former star player and innovator, as general manager. Ross was the face of the franchise for the thirty years. In 1924, Adams directed Ross to come up with a nickname for the franchise, arthur Ross picked a name by himself. According to him, a Bruin is an animal and alliterative with Boston. The background of the Bruins black and gold colorway dates back to their founder, Black and gold were the colors of Adams’ grocery chain, which made Boston Bruins uniforms a spot to advertise on. On December 1,1924, the new Bruins team played their first NHL game against the Maroons, at Boston Arena, but the team only managed a 6–24–0 record in its first season. In their third season, 1926–27, the team markedly improved, the Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Final despite finishing only one game above.500, but lost to the Ottawa Senators in the first Cup Final to be between exclusively NHL teams. In 1929 the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup, standout players on the first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver, Dit Clapper, Dutch Gainor and goaltender Tiny Thompson. The 1928–29 season was the first played at Boston Garden, which Adams had built after guaranteeing his backers $500,000 in gate receipts over the five years. The 1930s Bruins teams included Shore, Thompson, Clapper, Babe Siebert, the team led the leagues standings five times in the decade. In 1939, the changed its uniform colors from brown and yellow to the current black and gold. That year, Thompson was traded for rookie goaltender Frank Brimsek, Brimsek had an award-winning season, capturing the Vezina and Calder Trophies, becoming the first rookie named to the NHL First All-Star Team, and earning the nickname Mr. Zero
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Madison Square Garden (1925)
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Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third bearing that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan, on the site of the citys trolley-car barns and it was on the west side of Eighth Avenue. It was the first Garden that was not located near Madison Square, ground breaking on the third Madison Square Garden took place on January 9,1925. The new arena was dubbed The House That Tex Built, in contrast to the ornate towers of Stanford Whites second Garden, the exterior of MSG III was a simple box. Its most distinctive feature was the marquee above the main entrance, with its seemingly endless abbreviations Even the name of the arena was abbreviated. The arena, which opened on December 15,1925, was 200 feet by 375 feet and it had poor sight lines, especially for hockey, and fans sitting virtually anywhere behind the first row of the side balcony could count on having some portion of the ice obstructed. The fact that there was poor ventilation and that smoking was permitted often led to a haze in the portions of the Garden. In its history, Madison Square Garden III was managed by Rickard, General John Reed Kilpatrick, Ned Irish and it was eventually replaced by the current Madison Square Garden. Boxing was Madison Square Garden IIIs principal claim to fame, the first bout took place on December 8,1925, a week before the arenas official opening. On January 17,1941,23,190 people witnessed Fritzie Zivics successful welterweight title defense against Henry Armstrong, the New York Rangers, owned by the Gardens owner Tex Rickard, got their name from a play on words involving his name, Texs Rangers. In the meantime, the Rangers had usurped the Americans commercial success with their own success on the ice, the New York Rovers, a farm team of the Rangers, also played in the Garden on Sunday afternoons, while the Rangers played on Wednesday and Sunday nights. The first professional game was played in the 50th Street Garden on December 6,1925. It pitted the Original Celtics against the Washington Palace Five, the Celtics won 35-31, the New York Knicks debuted there in 1946, although if there was an important college game, they played in the 69th Regiment Armory. MSG III also hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 1954,1955 and 1968, in 1931, a college basketball triple header to raise money for Mayor Jimmy Walkers Unemployment Relief Fund was highly successful. In 1934, Ned Irish began promoting a series of college basketball double headers at the Garden featuring a mix of local and national schools. MSG III began hosting the National Invitation Tournament annually in 1938, on February 28,1940, Madison Square Garden hosted the first televised basketball games in a Fordham-Pitt and Georgetown-NYU doubleheader. Capitol Wrestling Corporation—along with its successor, the World Wide Wrestling Federation—promoted professional wrestling at the Garden during its last two decades, toots Mondt and Jess McMahon owned CWC, which initially promoted tag team wrestling. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Mondt and McMahon were successful at promoting ethnic heroes of Puerto Rican or Italian descent, two especially notable events in wrestling history took place at MSG III
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Lorne Chabot
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Lorne Chabotsky Chabot was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Chabot played in the National Hockey League from 1926 to 1937 and he was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams, the New York Rangers in 1928, and the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1932. Chabot played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Montreal Maroons, Chabot won the Vezina Trophy in 1934-35 for being the leagues best goaltender. During his stint with the Rangers, he was credited as Lorne Chabotsky. Chabot was also the goalie who was injured during the 1928 playoffs, Chabot played in the two longest games in NHL history, losing the longest in 1935-36 and winning the second longest in 1932-33. He was the first hockey player to appear on the cover of Time Magazine, years after his retirement, he suffered from severe arthritis and was bedridden. He developed Brights Disease and after a bout with it, he died. In 1998, he was ranked number 84 on The Hockey News list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players and he was the only player on the list then eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame who has not been elected to it. In the book 100 Ranger Greats by Russ Cohen, John Halligan and Adam Raider, in The Hockey News Collectors Edition The Top 100 Players of All-Time Lorne Chabot was rated as the 20th best goaltender. He is the only goalie in the top 20 not inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was ranked number 84 on The Hockey News list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players, New York, Dodd, Mead & Company. Notes Lorne Chabots biography at Legends of Hockey Lorne Chabots career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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Chris Chelios
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Christos Kostas Chris Chelios is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the advisor to Ken Holland, the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings. He is one of the longest tenured players in the National Hockey League, and is a three-time Stanley Cup champion - one with the Montreal Canadiens and two with the Red Wings. On January 27,2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Chelios played for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, and briefly for the Atlanta Thrashers. Chelios currently holds the record for most games played in the NHL by a defenseman, is fifth overall with 1,654 games played, on November 24,2006, he appeared in the playoffs for an NHL record 24th time, having missed the playoffs only twice. Chelios is also the record-holder for most career losses, with 117. However, he only lost one Game 7 in his entire career and his cousin, Nikos Tselios, also played professional hockey and is a former first round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes. Chelios was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 8,2013, Chelios was raised in Evergreen Park, Illinois and was a standout youth hockey player. He attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago until his family moved to Poway, California, unable to play high school hockey in southern California, Chelios wasnt recruited by any U. S. colleges. His only scholarship offer came from local San Diego-based United States International University, but when Chelios arrived on campus as a freshman in 1979 he soon realized he was in the wrong environment, facing bigger players with considerably more junior hockey experience. He was eventually cut from the team and considered quitting hockey. Instead, he tried his luck in Canada, where he was cut by Junior B teams in Canada. Chelios said, I wasnt any bigger or any better than the other guys and he returned home and grew three inches while adding 40 pounds of muscle. He was then drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, prior to that, he played for the Moose Jaw Canucks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League where he tallied 87 points and 175 penalty minutes in just 54 games in his final season. Chelios enjoyed two years playing for the Wisconsin Badgers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison after being drafted. As one of the top players in the country, he was selected for the United States at the 1981–82 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. In 1983, he was part of the Badgers NCAA Mens Ice Hockey Championship team and was named to the all-tournament team, Chelios was a member of the U. S. Olympic team for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. After that he made his debut for the Canadiens, playing 12 games in the season and 15 in the playoffs
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New York Americans
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The New York Americans, colloquially known as the Amerks, were a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals twice. While it was the first team in New York City, it was eclipsed by the second, the New York Rangers, the team operated as the Brooklyn Americans during the 1941–42 season before suspending operations in 1942 due to the World War II and long-standing financial difficulties. The demise of the club marked the beginning of the NHLs Original Six era from 1942 to 1967, the teams overall regular season record was 255–402–127. In 1923, Thomas Duggan received options on three NHL franchises for the United States, after selling one to Boston grocery magnate Charles Adams, which became the Boston Bruins in 1924, Duggan arranged with Tex Rickard to have a team in Madison Square Garden. Rickard agreed, but play was delayed until the new Garden was built in 1925, in April of that year, Duggan and Bill Dwyer, New York Citys most-celebrated prohibition bootlegger, were awarded the franchise for New York. Somewhat fortuitously given the shortage of players, the Hamilton Tigers, however, the suspensions were quietly lifted in the off-season. Soon afterward, Dwyer duly bought the rights to the Tiger players for $75,000. He gave the players healthy raises—in some cases. Just before the season, Dwyer announced his team would be named the New York Americans and their original jerseys were covered with stars and stripes, patterned after the American flag. Although he acquired the Tigers players, Dwyer did not acquire the franchise, as a result, the NHL does not consider the Americans to be a continuation of the Tigers—or for that matter, of the Tigers predecessors, the Quebec Bulldogs. The Americans entered the league in the 1925–26 season along with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Americans and Pirates became the second and third American-based teams in the NHL, following Adams Boston Bruins, who began play the previous season. Success did not come easily for the Americans, even though their roster was substantively the same that finished first the previous year, in the Americans first season they finished fifth overall with a record of 12–22–4. However, they did prove a success at the box office, so much so that the following season Garden management landed a team of its own, a clause in the Amerks lease with the Garden required them to support any bid for the Garden to acquire an NHL franchise. The Garden had promised Dwyer that it would never exercise that option, however, when the Garden opted to seek its own team after all, the Amerks had little choice but to agree. They were thus doomed to a history as New York Citys second team. The 1926–27 season saw the Americans continue to struggle, finishing 17–25–2, part of the problem was that they were placed in the Canadian Division in defiance of all geographic reality, resulting in a larger number of train trips to Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa. Meanwhile, the Rangers won the American Division title, the 1928–29 NHL season saw the Amerks sign star goaltender Roy Worters from the Pittsburgh Pirates
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Red Dutton
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Norman Alexander Mervyn, Red Dutton CM was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive. He played for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League, a rugged and physical defenceman, Dutton often led his team in penalty minutes, won the WCHL championship in 1924 as a member of the Tigers and was twice named a WCHL All-Star. Dutton coached and managed the Americans and later purchased the team before suspending operations in 1942 due to World War II and he served as a Stanley Cup trustee for 37 years but otherwise limited his involvement with the NHL following the Americans demise. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958 and he was invested as a member of the Order of Canada in 1981 and is honoured by both the Manitoba Hockey and Alberta Sports Halls of Fame. He was posthumously awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1993 in recognition of his contributions to the game of hockey in the United States, Dutton was born in Russell, Manitoba on July 23,1897. His father, Bill, was a contractor who helped build Canadas transcontinental railway system. He had at least two brothers, and a sister. His given name was Norman Alexander Dutton, but his names were quickly ignored. A family friend of the Duttons refused to call him Norman as the name had a negative connotation for her, so she called him Mervyn. His friends called him Red after the colour of his hair, Dutton attended school at St. Johns College in Winnipeg. He left school in 1915 to volunteer with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I and he lied about his birth date on his CEF enlistment papers as he was not yet 18, and served for four years. Dutton fought in the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 where he suffered a wound to his leg serious enough that doctors pressed for amputation. Dutton refused and spent the following 18 months working to full use of his leg. He played hockey almost constantly to regain strength, at one point playing in seven different Winnipeg leagues at the same time, following the war, Dutton sought to build his own contracting business. However, a depression in 1920 forced its closure. He then worked in a plant in Winnipeg that also ceased operations. Penniless, with only his pride preventing him from asking his father for help, Dutton was offered $2,500 to play in the Alberta city. Two seasons later, in 1923–24, Dutton and the Tigers won the WCHL championship and he assisted on the championship winning goal in a 2–0 victory over the Regina Capitals by carrying the puck the length of the ice before passing to Cully Wilson who scored
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Clint Benedict
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Clinton Stevenson Praying Benny Benedict was a Canadian professional Lacrosse goalie, ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads and he was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask. He led league goaltenders in shutouts seven times over his professional career and he is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Benedict played for the Ottawa Stars Lacrosse Club, winning the City Championship in 1911 and he later played professionally with the Ottawa Capitals Lacrosse Club earning distinction for his tenacity under fire. This helped him immeasurably in his transition into professional hockey, Benedict was one of the first great goalies in professional hockey and a great innovator in the sport. He was the first goalie to drop to his knees to stop the puck along the ice, at the time and this earned him the nickname Praying Benny. The first rule change the NHL made legalized his playing style, Benedict joined the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey Association in the 1912–13 season. Although the Senators had at the time future Hall of Famer Percy LeSueur as their starting goaltender and he played one more season as backup to LeSueur and took over as starting goaltender in the 1914–15 season. He led the league in Goals Against Average that season and the two seasons to start his career. He played 12 seasons overall for the Senators, after winning three Stanley Cups with the Senators, his career changed in the 1923–24 season. Benedict developed a problem with drinking, which at first was kept secret by the Senators, Benedict occasionally played for the Senators while under the effects. In the playoffs, Benedict and the Senators played poorly and were quickly eliminated, management withheld some of his salary for his behaviour. Benedict sued the team in return and the Senators countersued, revealing in court documents the extent of Benedicts behaviour, once the Ottawa papers found out about the court case, the secret was out. The two sides quickly settled to minimize the publicity, Benedicts career with the Senators was finished. On October 20,1924, Benedict was traded along with Punch Broadbent to the expansion Montreal Maroons and it was a new lease on life for Benedict who played for six seasons with the Maroons. In 1926, he won another Stanley Cup with the Maroons, on January 7,1930, he was hit by a shot from Howie Morenz in the face, breaking the bridge of his nose. Benedict was out of action for six weeks and he returned on February 20,1930 against the New York Americans wearing the mask. He played with a mask for five games in total and according to Douglas Hunter and his last game wearing a mask was on March 4,1930 when he got hit in the face during a goal-mouth scramble
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Nels Stewart
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Robert Nelson Old Poison Stewart was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, nicknamed Old Poison, and with Siebert and veteran stars Clint Benedict, Punch Broadbent and Reg Noble, he would lead the Maroons to the Stanley Cup championship that season. Stewart himself led the league in goal- and point-scoring that year, as the Great Depression deepened, though, the Maroons had increasing financial problems — eventually folding in 1938 — and sold Stewart to the Boston Bruins for cash. His glittering play continued for the Bruins, finishing second in scoring each of his three full seasons with the team, despite being moved back to defense a fair bit. In 1935 he was traded to the New York Americans, with whom he played for most of his five seasons in the league. Stewart starred through his season with 35 points in 46 games at age 36. The season following, in 1939, his foot speed deserted him entirely and he retired thereafter as the NHLs career leading goal scorer, a mark he set in the 1937 season and held until Maurice Richard broke it in 1952. On August 21,1957, he was dead at his summer home in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, apparently of natural causes. Stewart was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952, in 1998, he was ranked number 51 on The Hockey News list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. However, Stewart was the first to gain superstar status via this mode of play, notwithstanding his reputation as a cumbersome skater, Stewart was used as a defenseman by the Maroons in his rookie season before making the transition to centre. For eight playoff games, including four in the 1926 Finals, Stewart served ably on the back end and his skating was often described as “lazy”, “careless” and “lackadaisical”. In general, it appears that Stewart was at worst a middling skater, Stewart’s fame, however, rested squarely on his abilities as a clutch goal scorer around the net. He frequently had multiple-goal games, once marking 4 tallies against the Toronto St. Pats and this was partially due to his exceptionally hard and “heavy” shot, which was known to have injured several goalies due to its high trajectory. Notably, during the 1928 postseason, a Stewart shot caught Rangers goaltender Lorne Chabot in the left eye, Stewart used his shot frequently from close-in, drifting around the crease and waiting patiently to receive a pass before burying it in the net. He had remarkable balance on his skates, as well as tremendous hand-eye coordination and this was demonstrated perfectly in his inaugural Stanley Cup Final against Victoria. In the first game of the series, Stewart was rushing the puck up ice when he was knocked flat by a check from Cougars captain Clem Loughlin. Separated from the puck by five feet and sliding prone across the ice, Stewart nevertheless managed to hook the rubber with his stick, in the second game, Stewart was body checked by two Victoria players at once. Wildly off-balance, he managed to stay on one foot and fire another hard shot past Holmes and this was aided further by his use of a heavy stick with a lie of 10”, almost L-shaped, enabling him to keep the puck close to his feet
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Babe Siebert
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He won the 1926 Stanley Cup championship with the Maroons, and was a member of the famous S Line, and another with the Rangers in 1933. A physical forward known for his ability while with the Maroons and Rangers. Siebert was named an all-star three times after the switch and won the Hart Trophy as the NHLs most valuable player in 1937 as a member of the Canadiens, Siebert was named the head coach of the Canadiens upon his retirement as a player in 1939. He never coached a game as he drowned in Lake Huron prior to the 1939–40 NHL season, the league organized an all-star benefit game that raised $15,000 for Sieberts family. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964, born in Plattsville, Ontario, Siebert grew up in the nearby community of Zurich, located on the eastern shores of Lake Huron. He became obsessed with hockey at an age, playing the game nearly every day. He played intermediate hockey in Zurich and Exeter before moving to Kitchener to play junior hockey, though his elder brothers mocked his simple playing style—he used his size and strength to push his way through opponents—Siebert was invited to join the Kitchener Greenshirts in 1922. He won the Ontario Hockey Association and eastern Canadian junior championships with Kitchener in 1922–23, after a year of senior hockey in Kitchener, he moved on to the Niagara Falls Cataracts, winning the OHA senior championship in 1924–25. Siebert was signed by the Montreal Maroons in 1925 and made his debut that same year. He finished second on the team with 16 goals as the Maroons finished second in the NHL standings, Montreal defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and Ottawa Senators in the playoffs to win the NHL championship. Siebert scored three points in the 1926 Stanley Cup Final as the Maroons defeated the Western Hockey League champion Victoria Cougars to win the Stanley Cup, when Hooley Smith arrived in Montreal in 1926–27, Siebert was paired with Smith and Nels Stewart. The trio were known as the S Line and emerged as one of the top scoring lines in the NHL, when Boucher responded to an elbow by slashing Siebert over the head, the latter player responded with repeated wild swings of his own stick at Boucher, injuring him. Sieberts best offensive season came in 1931–32 when he finished eighth in scoring with 39 points. It proved to be his last season with the Maroons, as the team was struggling financially and he went on to win his second Stanley Cup that year. He struggled offensively for much of the season, however, the trade finally happened early in the 1933–34 season as he was sent to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Vic Ripley and Roy Burmeister. The deal reunited Siebert with former S Line member Nels Stewart, after Eddie Shore was suspended for his assault on Ace Bailey, Bruins coach Art Ross shifted Siebert from left wing to defence. The switch rejuvenated his career, he enjoyed a season in 1934–35. Frequently remaining on the ice for games as one of Bostons key players
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Centre (ice hockey)
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The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player, centres are ideally stronger, faster skaters who can back check quickly from deep in the opposing zone. Generally, centres are expected to be gifted passers more so than goal scorers and they are also expected to have exceptional ice vision, intelligence, and creativity. They also generally are the most defensively oriented forwards on the ice, centres usually play as part of a line of players that are substituted frequently to keep fresh and keep the game moving. First-liners are usually the top players, although some top players make the line to allow for offensive scoring opportunities. Centres are required to cover much of the ice in all three zones, where the centre tends to play in the offensive zone is usually a matter of coaching and personal preference. Centres are responsible for keeping the flow of the moving, and generally handle. Because of this, most good centres tend to score rather than goals because the play goes through them as they try to find open teammates. Because the range of offensive styles teams like to use, exactly how centres are used in the zone is as varied as the players themselves. Generally the centres role on offence is to move the offence through himself, setting up other players and they roam around most areas of the ice in the zone and have a lot of freedom in decision making. They are also expected to constantly be in motion causing defenders to have a time tracking them. Zone Entry The matter of bringing the puck in the zone generally is accomplished in two ways, the first involves the teams best puck carrier using his speed and quickness to cross the blue line with the puck and set up the offence. Once the puck is freed the offence can then set up as normal, behind the net When a centres winger is being attacked along the boards, the centre can take position behind the net to receive the pressured wingers pass. Behind the net is a place for some centres to play. It is a difficult position to defend because it forces the opposing defencemen to leave the front of the net. It also gives the centre a view of the ice. From here the centre has clear passing lanes and minimizes the distance, in the slot Many centres use their mobility and freedom to take advantage of the slot area, the area in between the faceoff dots, about 5 to 15 feet from the goal. The slot area is notorious goalscoring territory because of its proximity to the net, centres like this area because of its openness
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Winger (ice hockey)
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Winger, in the game of ice hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward, originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink. Nowadays, there are different types of wingers in the game — out-and-out goal scorers, checkers who disrupt the opponents and they tend to be bigger than centreman and smaller than defenceman. This position is referred to by the side of the rink that the winger normally takes. On the backcheck, it is essential that they cover the last free opposing player rushing in, once the puck is controlled by the opposing team in the defensive zone, however, wingers are responsible for covering the defenceman on their side of the ice. Prior to the puck being dropped for a face-off, players other than taking the face-off must not make any physical contact with players on the opposite team. After the puck is dropped, it is essential for wingers to engage the players to prevent them from obtaining possession of the puck. Once a team has established control of the puck, wingers can set themselves up into an appropriate position, some wingers are also employed to handle faceoffs. Rover Centre Defenceman Forward Goaltender Power forward List of NHL players
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Murray Murdoch
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John Murray Murdoch was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Murdoch was born in Lucknow, Ontario and raised in Edgerton and his parents were Walter Dryden Murdoch and Jennie Bell Jane Murray. He received a Bachelors degree in mathematics from the University of Manitoba where he played hockey from 1921 to 1924. He played left wing for the New York Rangers in 508 games with 84 goals and 108 assists from the Rangers first season in the 1926–27 NHL season until the 1936–37 NHL season, from 1938 to 1965, he was the sixth head coach of Yale University hockey team. In 1974, he was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for his contribution to hockey in the United States, John Murray Murdoch has several relationships with NHL players, Dave Dryden and Ken Dryden are his first cousins twice removed. J. Murray Murdochs parents were Jane Murray and Walter Murdoch, walters half sister Maggie Murdoch married Andrew Dryden. Their great grandsons are Dave and Ken Dryden, mark Messier and Paul Messier are related by marriage through Murray Murdochs wife, Marie Heinrich. Marie was the daughter of George Heinrich and Ina Dea, inas brother John Dea married Alice Dodd Stiles. Their grandsons are the Messier brothers, Billy Dea is also related by marriage. Ina Dea and John Deas brother Howard Dea is Billy Deas father, another one of Deas siblings, Christine, married Murray Murdochs uncle, Lovell Steele Murdoch - their children being Murray Murdochs cousins. Former Ranger Don Murdoch is a distant cousin of Murray, Murray Murdochs career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database Murray Murdochs biography at Legends of Hockey Murray Murdochs biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
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Defenceman
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Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners, a good defenceman is both strong in defensive and offensive play and for defenceman pairing also need to be good at defending and attacking. In regular play, two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice, organized play of ice hockey originates from the first indoor game in Montreal in 1875. In subsequent years, the players per side were reduced to seven per side, positions were standardized, and two correspond to the two defencemen of current six-man rules. These were designated as cover point and point, although they lined up behind the center, decades later, defencemen were standardized into playing left and right sides of the ice. According to one of the earliest books on ice hockey, Farrells Hockey, Canadas Royal Winter Game, Mike Grant of the Montreal Victorias and he should not stray too far from his place, because oftentimes he is practically a second goal-minder. Although he should remain close to his goal-keeper, he should never obstruct that mans view of the puck, in his capacity of a defence player, he should linger around his goals as long as the puck is near. It is by playing far up under these circumstances that a clever cover-point can chine to the advantage of his team. If he has an opening he should shoot well for the goals. Each year the NHL, the ice hockey league in the world. Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins – an eight-time Norris Trophy recipient – is often considered to be the greatest defenceman in NHL, in addition to his Norris Trophy honours, he is the only defenceman in NHL history to capture the Art Ross Trophy as the leagues leading scorer. In 1998, Orr was selected as the best defenceman of all-time in The Hockey News Top 100 NHL Players of all-time, conversely, according to the IIHF Centennial All-Star Team, the greatest defencemen to play in IIHF-sanctioned international competition are Vyacheslav Fetisov and Börje Salming. Defence players are often described by the amount they participate in the offence, the extreme of non-participation in offence is a Stay-at-home defender, who takes few risks and does not score much, instead focusing on defending against the opposing team. The extreme of participation is a defenceman, who gets aggressively involved in the teams offence. To accomplish this, the defence player often pinches in to keep the play from going offside and moves towards the halfboards. This makes it difficult for the team to protect their net from being scored upon if the team can maintain control of the puck. However, this can lead to more odd man rushes and breakaway opportunities for the team if the defender does not succeed. Bobby Orrs end-to-end rushing allowed him to defend effectively as well as attack, by contrast, Paul Coffey enjoyed high offensive production but his defensive play was considered mediocre for most of his career
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Taffy Abel
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Clarence John Taffy Abel was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams and he was the first United States-born player to become a NHL regular. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, Clarence Taffy Abel was a silver medalist on the United States in the 1924 Olympics, serving as flagbearer for the U. S. delegation. Abel scored 15 goals for the United States in the tournament, as a member of the Minneapolis Millers of the CHL during the 1925-26 season, Abel was named to the CHLs First All-Star team at the defense position. Abel played in the NHL for eight years and he was signed by Conn Smythe to the New York Rangers, largely based upon his strong performance at the Winter Olympics in 1924. With the Rangers, he wore sweater number 4, and, after the 1929 season, Abels rights were sold to the Chicago Black Hawks, where he played five more years, wearing sweater number 2. Abel was a member of the Cup-winning Black Hawks in 1933-34, marie after retirement, coaching ice hockey and operating a tourist hotel. At the age of 64, on August 1,1964, nine years later, he was inducted into the United States Hall of Fame as a player. The home rink for the Lake Superior State University hockey program is named after Taffy Abel, players, the ultimate A-Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. Doubleday Canada. Taffy Abels career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database Taffy Abels biography at Legends of Hockey Taffy Abel at Find a Grave
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Goaltender
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In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their teams net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the goal crease, goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots. In todays age of goaltending there are two styles, butterfly and hybrid. Because of the power of shots, the goaltender wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact, the goalie is one of the most valuable players on the ice, as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score of the game. One-on-one situations, such as breakaways and shootouts, have the tendency to highlight a goaltenders pure skill, only one goaltender is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time. The goaltender is also known as the goalie, goaler, goalkeeper, net minder, in the early days of the sport, the term was spelled with a hyphen as goal-tender. The art of playing the position is called goaltending and there are coaches, the variation goalie is typically used for items associated with the position, such as goalie stick and goalie pads. Goaltending is a position in ice hockey, at higher levels in the game, no goalies play other positions. A typical ice hockey team may have two or three goaltenders on its roster, the NHL requires each team have a list of emergency goalies. The list provides goalie options for both the home and visiting teams and these goalies are to be called to a game if a team does not have two goalies to start the game. An emergency goalie may also be called if both roster goalies are injured in the same game, Jennings Trophy for fewest goals allowed. Martin Brodeur was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to score a game-winning goal, the goaltender has special privileges and training that other players do not. He or she wears special goaltending equipment that is different from that worn by players and is subject to specific regulations. Goalies may use any part of their bodies to block shots, the goalie may legally hold the puck with his hands to cause a stoppage of play. If a player from the team hits the goaltender without making an attempt to get out of his way. In some leagues, if a goalies stick breaks, he can continue playing with a stick until the play is stopped. Additionally, if a goaltender acts in such a way that would cause a player to be given a penalty, such as slashing or tripping another player. Instead, one of the teammates who was on the ice at the time of the infraction is sent to the penalty box in his or her place
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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker
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1893 Stanley Cup championship
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The season ended on March 17, but Montreal was officially presented with the trophy on May 15. In April 1893, the Stanley Cup was ready for presentation for its first winners, the trustees, P. D. Ross and John Sweetland, made preparations to present the Cup to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. The Cup would be presented to the MAAA on May 15,1893, MAAA president James A. Taylor refused both demands and the MAAA board of directors met and agreed to accept the trophy at the annual meeting. The Cup was presented to MAAA president Taylor, instead of MHC president James Stewart, the Cup remained in the possession of the MAAA. At the same meeting that the MAAA had accepted the Cup. Paton raised the matter of the refusal in November to the MAAA, at that time, the MHC made a request for a loan of $175 to cover season start-up expenses. The MAAA refused the loan, apparently the first time that the MAAA had refused the MHC any request. Cup trustee Ross replied that they were willing to receive any advice to aid in the execution of Lord Stanleys wish to present this Cup to the champions of the Dominion. The Cup transfer was settled in February 1894 when Ross travelled to Montreal to attend the AHAC meetings and attend a game with his brother Jim Ross. Ross met with MHC president Stewart as well, after the meetings, letters from Sweetland and Ross were sent to both the MAAA and to the MHC. The Club received the trophy between March 5 and March 15,1894, but the matter did not end there. On March 22, MHC defeated Ottawa to retain the trophy, the Club, per the Cup conditions, arranged to have its name engraved on the Cup. The engraving was simply Montreal 1894, omitting the MAAA of the 1893 engraving, the MAAA board attempted to effect a compromise whereby the Club would become a department of the Association but this was defeated. The Club instead decided instead to become an affiliate of the MAAA on its own terms, the MAAA refused the application to affiliate the Club, as all members of the Club were already MAAA members. 1893 During the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, the Montreal Canadiens and the Los Angeles Kings wore commemorative patches on their jerseys in honor of one hundred years of the Stanley Cup
