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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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Ottawa Senators
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The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League, the Senators play their home games at the 18,694 seat Canadian Tire Centre which opened in 1996. Founded and established by Ottawa real estate developer Bruce Firestone, the team is the second NHL franchise to use the Ottawa Senators name. The original Ottawa Senators, founded in 1883, had a history, winning 11 Stanley Cups. On December 6,1990, after a public campaign by Firestone, the NHL awarded a new franchise. The current team owner is Eugene Melnyk, and in 2016, the club has been regularly represented in the top half in attendance in the NHL. Ottawa had been home to the original Senators, a founding NHL franchise, the NHL team was unsuccessful in St. Louis, and planned to return to Ottawa, but the NHL decided instead to suspend the franchise and transfer the players to other NHL teams. His firm, Terrace Investments, did not have the assets to finance the expansion fee and the team. Public support was high and the group would secure over 11,000 season ticket pledges, on December 12,1990, the NHL approved a new franchise for Firestones group, to start play in the 1992–93 season. The new team hired former NHL player Mel Bridgman, who had no previous NHL management experience, when Sutter was eventually signed to coach the Boston Bruins, Ottawa signed Rick Bowness, the man Sutter replaced in Boston. The new Senators played their first game on October 8,1992, the Senators defeated the Canadiens 5–3 in one of the few highlights that season. The Senators had aimed low and considered the 1992–93 season a small success, the long term plan was to finish low in the standings for its first few years in order to secure high draft picks and eventually contend for the Stanley Cup. Bridgman was fired after one season and Team President Randy Sexton took over the general manager duties, Firestone himself soon left the team and Rod Bryden emerged as the new owner. The strategy of aiming low and securing a high position did not change. The Senators finished last overall for the three seasons. Alexei Yashin, the teams first-ever draft selection from 1992, emerged as one of the NHLs brightest young stars, as the 1995–96 season began, star centre Alexei Yashin refused to honour his contract and did not play. Rick Bowness was fired in late 1995 and was replaced by the Prince Edward Island Senators head coach Dave Allison, Allison would fare no better than his predecessor, and the team would stumble to a 2–22–3 record under him. Sexton himself was fired and replaced by Pierre Gauthier, the former assistant GM of Anaheim, Martin outlasted several general managers and a change in ownership
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Ottawa Auditorium
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The Ottawa Auditorium was a 7, 500-seat arena located in Ottawa, Ontario. It was located in Downtown Ottawa at the corner of OConnor and Argyle Streets, built primarily for ice hockey, the arena was also used for sports events, assemblies and musical concerts. It replaced The Arena, built in 1907, the first NHL game held there was played on December 26,1923 between Ottawa and the Montreal Canadiens, before 8300 fans, in which Howie Morenz scored his first NHL goal. The building was state-of-the-art for its time, for performances and assemblies, the arena had a concert stage that would be assembled at one end of the rink, facing the length of the rink. This design matched the shape of the rink at The Arena, at the time of construction, the consortium took over the ownership of the hockey club as well. In 1924, Dey sold his share of the consortium and exited the rink business ending the Dey familys ownership of ice rinks in Ottawa dating back to the 1870s, in 1925, Gorman exited hockey in Ottawa, moving to New York to manage the New York Americans. Gorman sold his share to Ahearn, picking up ownership of the Connaught race track in Aylmer, by 1930, the Auditorium was losing money as the Ottawa Senators losses increased. The Auditorium Limited debts to the Ahearn family would lead to the Senators NHL team suspending operations, by 1934, the Senators NHL franchise was moved to St. Louis, Missouri, becoming the St. Louis Eagles. The Senators were continued as an amateur hockey team playing out of the Auditorium. The move to St. Louis was not a success, the franchise was still a drain on the Auditorium and was folded by the NHL in 1935. In 1936, the Auditorium went into receivership and was controlled by the Royal Securities Corporation until 1945, when Gorman returned and purchased the building, Gorman would remain an owner until he died in 1962. The arena was demolished in 1967 and replaced at that location by the YMCA-YWCA building and its replacement, the Ottawa Civic Centre opened in 1967. It is located on Bank Street in The Glebe at Lansdowne Park and it was the home arena of the original NHL Senators from 1923 to 1934. The game was attended by the Governor General Lord Byng and Lady Byng, the Senators won the 1927 Stanley Cup in the Auditorium, the decisive game on April 13,1927 against the Boston Bruins. The April 13 game at the Auditorium was the last Stanley Cup finals game in Ottawa until the June 2,2007 and it is known that one fan, Russell Williams, attended both games, both won by Ottawa. It also held the game of the 1924 Stanley Cup Finals between Montreal and Calgary because of its then state-of-the-art artificial ice, and the Montreal Forum had not yet been built. After 1934, the NHL franchise relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, the club won the Allan Cup Canadian amateur championship in 1949. From 1945 until 1954 the team played in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, after the Senators folded in 1954, attributed to the rise of televised ice hockey matches, the professional Hull-Ottawa Canadiens played in the Auditorium
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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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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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Hooley Smith
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Reginald Joseph Hooley Smith was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans. He won the Stanley Cup twice, with Ottawa and Montreal and he is possibly the first National Hockey League player to wear a helmet. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Smith played amateur hockey for the Toronto Granites team that won the Allan Cup and he had an outstanding Olympic ice hockey tournament, scoring 17 goals and 33 points in five games. He started his career with the Super Six of the Ottawa Senators the following winter. In his first season with Ottawa, he received a head injury, when he returned to play he wore a jockey-type helmet to protect his head. In 1926–27, Ottawa won the Stanley Cup against Boston and it was the last game that Smith played with Ottawa. After attacking Harry Oliver in the game of that series. Ottawa had lost money during the season winning the Stanley Cup. As a member of the Maroons, Hooley would be a part of one of the best early forward lines in NHL history, by the mid-1930s the Maroons were experiencing financial difficulties and he was sold to Boston, where he only played for one season. He then was sold to the New York Americans, starting with 1938–39, he played defence for the Americans until 1940–41 after which he retired. Hooley Smith died as a result of an attack on August 24,1963 at St. Marys Hospital in Montreal. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving member of the famed S line and he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972. October 31,1924 - Signed as an agent by Ottawa Senators. October 7,1927 - Traded to Montreal Maroons by Ottawa for Harry Broadbent, october 26,1936 - Traded to Boston by Mtl. Maroons for cash and future considerations, november 5,1937 - Traded to New York Americans by Boston for cash
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Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1925–26 to 1929–30. The nickname comes from the team also based in the city. For the 1930–31 season, the moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Pirates are traced back to the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the US Amateur Hockey Association, the Yellow Jackets owner was Roy Schooley, a former referee. Even though the team won the USAHA Championship in 1924 and 1925 and his team was then sold to attorney James F. Callahan. Pittsburgh was granted a franchise by the National Hockey League on November 7,1925, Callahan then renamed his team the Pittsburgh Pirates, after he received permission from Barney Dreyfuss, the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. The Pirates were assigned to what would later be called the NHLs American Division, with the Boston Bruins and these two franchises were the only other American teams in the NHL at the time. The Duquesne Gardens, located in the citys Oakland neighborhood, served as the home arena. The Pirates, dubbed the Mighty Steel City Sextet in the Pittsburgh Press, were leftovers from the former Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets. Ten former Yellow Jacket players would play for the Pirates, the Pirates began play during the 1925–26 NHL season. On November 26,1925, Thanksgiving night, the Pirates defeated the Boston Bruins, 2-1, on the road in their very first NHL game, defenceman and captain Lionel Conacher scored Pittsburghs first-ever NHL goal. Conacher beat Boston goaltender Charles Stewart at the 17,50 mark of the period to tie the game at 1-1. Two nights later, on November 28,1925, the Pirates stunned the Montreal Canadiens, the 1-0 loss to the Pirates marked the final game for legendary Habs goaltender Georges Vezina. Vezina started the game with severe chest pains and left the game during the first intermission with a high fever and he died four months later from tuberculosis. Meanwhile, the first NHL game ever played in Pittsburgh was on December 2,1925, the Pirates lost to the New York Americans in overtime, 2-1. Conacher scored the goal for Pittsburgh at 9,15 of the second period. In 36 games, the Pirates posted an impressive 19-16-1 record for third best in the league, with a 0.542 winning percentage, that first season would arguably be the teams best. They made the playoffs their inaugural year, during the playoffs, the Pirates faced the Montreal Maroons in a best-of-three, semi-final Stanley Cup playoff series
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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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Roy Worters
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Bolstered by the success, the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates joined the NHL the following season, with Worters in goal and substantially the same lineup as the Yellow Jackets. Worters refused to sign with the Pirates for the 1927–28 season, however, the perennially-weak Americans would make the playoffs only once more during Worters career, although he would win the Vezina Trophy in 1930–31 as the leagues best goaltender. During the ensuing contract negotiations following the season, Worters signed for $8,500 per season and he became the first goalie in NHL history to record back to back shutouts in his first two games for a new team. While with the Americans, he was named captain for the 1932–33 season. In 1937, Worters needed hernia surgery and retired following the season, Roy Worters died of throat cancer on November 7,1957. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969, hart Memorial Trophy Winner in 1929. Selected to the NHL Second All-Star Team in 1932,1934, first NHL goalie to record back to back shutouts. Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969, Roy Worterss biography at Legends of Hockey Roy Worters player profile at NHL. com Roy Worterss career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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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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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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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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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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Boston Arena
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Matthews Arena, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a basketball and ice hockey arena. Renovated several times, it is the oldest indoor ice hockey arena still being used for hockey — and is the oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use in the world. It opened in 1910 on what is now the east end of Northeastern Universitys campus, originally named Boston Arena, the arena opened on April 16,1910 for an ice show. The first games of ice hockey took place in March 1911 when a two-game $2,500 competition between two NHA teams, the Montreal Wanderers and the Ottawa Senators took place. The Boston Celtics played their first game at the Arena in 1946, the WHAs New England Whalers played some of their first-season home games at the Arena in 1972-73. The Arena was purchased in 1979 by Northeastern University, the Arena was renamed in 1982 when Northeastern alumnus George J. Matthews helped fund its refurbishment. The arena was known as Northeastern Arena as well. A1995 renovation expanded the ice surface from 200 by 80 to 200 by 90 feet, the most recent renovations took place in the summer of 2009. The centerpiece of the renovations were all-new seating and a new center ice jumbotron. The lobby was also reworked, with concessions and an elevator for ADA compliance. A new weight room and expanded locker rooms were provided for the athletes, the total cost of the renovations was estimated at $12 million. Matthews Arena has played host to famous people and events during its lifetime. Matthews hosted every president from Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 to John F. Kennedy in 1946, other dignitaries to hold events at the arena include Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Boxing was once a mainstay at the arena and hosted bouts with Jack Sharkey, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, muhammad Ali trained at what was called Santos Gym, where the Varsity Club now sits, for his second bout with Sonny Liston. Professional wrestling events were staged there. In the 1950s the arena hosted the Rodeo led by Roy Rogers. Matthews Arena also proved famous as a venue during much of its lifetime. A1958 concert hosted by Alan Freed was cut due to riots
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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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George Hainsworth
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He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Hainsworth was born in the Kew Beach area of Toronto in 1893, Hainsworths family moved to Berlin, Ontario, where his father was a water commissioner for many years. After his playing days were over, Hainsworth returned to Berlin with his wife Alma, Bill played goaltender, like his father, and played in the Ontario Hockey Association as a junior and later as a senior player but never a professional. Hainsworth played junior hockey for the Berlin Union Jacks then moved up to senior hockey with the Berlin City Seniors, one of the games he played for Kitchener against the Toronto Argonaut Rowing Club in the 1923 OHA playoffs was the first game that Foster Hewitt broadcast. By the end of the 1922–23 season, Hainsworth had played five seasons for the Greenshirts, at that time, Newsy Lalonde, manager of the Western Canada Hockey League Saskatoon Crescents, needed a goalie. On the recommendation of Montreal Canadiens part-owner Leo Dandurand, Lalonde signed Hainsworth to a pro contract of $2,500 per season with Saskatoon, Hainsworth played three seasons with Saskatoon before he was signed by Dandurand to play goal for Montreal in 1926. Dandurand had to pay $5,000 to Saskatoon for the rights to Hainsworth, there was a need for a top goaltender in Montreal. Georges Vezina, the Canadiens goaltender, had died of tuberculosis. Vezina had played every game in history from the 1910–11 NHA season until the opening game of the 1925–26 NHL season. In his memory, the decided to create the Vezina Trophy for most valuable goaltender in the NHL. Hainsworth proved up to the challenge by winning the Vezina Trophy for the 1926–27, 1927–28, in 1928–29, he set an all-time record with 22 shutouts and a 0.92 goals against average while playing all 44 games. In 1930 he set an NHL record that stands, going 270 minutes and 8 seconds without allowing a goal during the playoffs for the Canadiens. He backstopped the Canadiens to back to back Stanley Cups in 1930 and 1931, Hainsworth served as the Canadiens captain during 1932–33, becoming the second of only eight goalies to serve as an NHL teams captain. Hainsworth was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1933 for Lorne Chabot in a move by Dandurand to land another French-Canadian on his roster, Hainsworth helped the Maple Leafs reach the 1935 Stanley Cup Final. In 1936, Turk Broda won the job for Toronto. Hainsworth retired, but was persuaded to join the Canadiens again after goaltender Wilf Cude was injured, Hainsworth played four more games for the Montreal Canadiens, from December 12 to 20,1936, before retiring for good. In 1936, Hainsworth became an inspector with Dominion Electrohome Ltd. During World War II, he was a member of Kitcheners civil defence guard, in 1949, he was elected to Kitcheners city council
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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
