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

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781550224276
• ISBN10: 1550224271
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: ECW Press

Summary

Following on the heels of the successful Hello Hockey Fans from Coast to Coast, hockey fans and researchers Andrew Podnieks and Jefferson Davis present the second book of obscure hockey lists, The Three Stars and Other Selections. With more than 40 photos, this book features lists such as:
-- Highest Point Totals by a Player in His Second NHL Season
-- Players To Hold Single Season Records for More Than One Team
-- The Eight Most Important Games Ever Played in California
-- Best NHL Players Born in New York State
-- Most Important Trades Between The Maple Leafs and The Canadiens
-- Most Career NHL Goals Without a 30-Goal Season
-- Largest Point Decrease by an NHL Team in One Season
-- Best Games from The First NHL-USSR Super Series (1975-76)
-- Fastest Trips to the Stanley Cup Final by an Expansion Team

The Three Stars and Other Selections contains information not previously available, and will have hockey trivia fans testing their friends and seeing who can name the ten least known players to score a cup-clinching goal. As a compa

Table of Contents

Ten Oddities About the Three Star Selection	1	(2)
Last Number One Goalies of the Original Six	3	(2)
Ten NHL Players to Become NHL Officials	5	(2)
Seven Amazing Facts about Hilda Ranscombe	7	(2)
Current NHL Coaches Who Once Played in the NHL	9	(5)
First Ten Coaches of the Minnesota North Stars	14	(3)
Eleven Odd Facts about the 500-Goal Club	17	(2)
Most Games Missed by an Art Ross Trophy Winner	19	(3)
Ten Fewest Career Goals by Retired 1,000-Game Players	22	(3)
Nine 30-Goal Scorers with the Fewest Career NHL Goals	25	(2)
Most Career Goals without a 30-Goal Season	27	(3)
Most Consecutive Years with at Least 40 Goals	30	(2)
Ten Player Nickname Origins	32	(3)
Original Members of the Montreal Wanderers	35	(2)
Five Players Who Skated for All But One Original Six Team	37	(2)
Ten Obscure Brothers in the NHL	39	(3)
Fewest Career Minutes Played by a Goalie	42	(3)
Most Career Shutouts by a Goalie Who Debuted after the 1967 Expansion	45	(3)
Ten War-Time Goalies	48	(3)
Most Penalty Minutes by a Player in His Only NHL-Season (Original Six)	51	(2)
Most Points by a Player in His Sophomore Season	53	(4)
Longest Time between All-Star Game Appearances	57	(2)
Eight Unlikely MVPs of the All-Star Game	59	(2)
Ten Members of the IIHF Hall of Fame with North American Connections	61	(4)
Ten Little-Known Members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame	65	(3)
Six Memorable Games from the First Super Series (1975-76)	68	(2)
Ten Best, Players at the First World Junior Championships in 1977	70	(3)
Seven Longest Last Names of Active Players	73	(2)
Eight Shortest Last Names of Goalies in NHL History	75	(2)
Ten Best Players Whose Last Name Starts with a ``V''	77	(4)
Ten Surnames with an X	81	(2)
Six Names That Don't Fit	83	(2)
Ten Best Wilsons	85	(3)
Longest Gap between Stanley Cup Wins by a Player	88	(2)
Seven Least-Known Players to Score a Cup-Winning Goal	90	(2)
Seven Largest Point Decreases by a Team in One Season	92	(3)
First Ten Stanley Cup Challenges	95	(3)
Most Consecutive Years Missing the Playoffs	98	(2)
Eight Most Lopsided NHL Playoff Games	100	(2)
Six Fastest Trips to the Stanley Cup Finals by an Expansion Team	102	(3)
Ten Biggest Mismatches in a First-Round Playoff Series	105	(3)
First Ten New York Rangers to Score a Playoff Overtime Goal	108	(3)
Most Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team	111	(2)
Fewest Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team	113	(2)
First and Last Goals in Original Six Buildings	115	(1)
Five Players Born on February 29	116	(3)
Nine Shortest Lives of WHA Teams	119	(3)
Eight Best Toronto Toros	122	(2)
Ten One-Game Wonders of the Original Six	124	(2)
Eight Players Who Hold Single-Season Records for More Than One Franchise	126	(3)
Ten Records Wayne Gretzky Never Broke	129	(3)
Ten Toughest NHL Records to Break	132	(3)
Most Regular Season Games Played, One Season	135	(2)
Seven Best Players Drafted from the Brandon Wheat Kings	137	(3)
Eight Worst, Top Five Draft Choices of the 1980s	140	(2)
Ten Successful NHLers Drafted by Lesser-Known Teams	142	(3)
First Ten American-Born U.S. College or High School Players Drafted in the First Round	145	(3)
Seven Best Players Born in New York State	148	(3)
Eight Players from Cleveland to Play for Minnesota after the Merger of 1979	151	(2)
Seven Most Important Games Played in California	153	(2)
First NHL Games Played by the 1967-75 Expansion Teams	155	(2)
Eight Greatest Moments from the ``Igloo''	157	(3)
Four Players Who Skated for the Most Expansion Teams	160	(1)
Eight Best Goaltending Tandems Since Expansion	161	(2)
Ten Under-Rated Defensemen from the 1970s	163	(3)
Ten Best Defensemen to Play for the Chicago Blackhawks	166	(3)
Ten Best California (Golden) Seals	169	(3)
Ten Best Toronto Maple Leafs Born in Quebec	172	(2)
Seven Key Trades between Toronto and Montreal	174	(2)
Ten Highest Single-Season Point Totals by a Montreal Centre	176	(3)
Photo Credits	179	(1)
Acknowledgements	180