Today in the History of Hockey: August 27 – Hockey Writer – Hockey History
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In 1966, a very impressive group of players were included in the Hockey Hall of Fame. On August 27, he also saw some trade actions in Motown and probably the birth of the best skater of all time in the National Hockey League.
’66 Class Packaging
The Hockey Hall of Fame was selected into a large class on August 27, 1966. Among the 10 were Toe Blake and Elmer Lach, who formed the “fist” for the Montreal Canadians with Maurice Richard. The duo joined their old captives and was selected into the hall five years ago.
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Blake scored 235 goals and 529 points in 577 games for the Canadians. In the 1938-39 season, he scored 24 goals and a league-leading 47 points and won the Hart Trophy for being named the league’s most valuable player. In his 13 seasons as the head coach of the Canadais, he won three Stanley Cups and won eight more games.
Lach spent his entire 14 years in Montreal. In 664 games, he scored 215 goals and 623 points. In the regular season, he won the Hart Trophy with 26 goals and 80 points. In 1948, he was the first player to win Art Ross Trophy as he led the NHL with 61 points. He is also part of three championship teams.
Detroit Red Wing legend Ted Lindsay is also part of the genre. The four-time Stanley Cup champions scored 379 points and 851 points in 1,068 professional games. He has scored at least 30 goals in a season four times in his career. The NHL now presents the TED Lindsay Award to the most outstanding players of the Players Association members every season.
(Canadian News/AP, Carlos Osorio)
Other players entering the Hall of Fame in 1966 were Canadiens’ defense Butch Bouchard and Ken Reardon, Boston Bruins goalkeeper Frank Brimsek, defender Babe Pratt, who played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs Benty and Max Bentley for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs Benty and Max Bentley for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs Benty and Max Bentley, playing the leaves and leaves on the leaves. Former NHL President Clarence Campbell is also classified as a builder category.
Red Wings made two transactions
On August 27, 1974, Red Wings traded Henry Boucha and his trademark headband to obtain Danny Grant from the Minnesota Polaris. Grant won the Calder Trophy as the league’s best rookie in 1968-69. He exploded 50 goals in his first season in Detroit. Over the next two seasons, a thigh muscle rupture limited only his 12 goals and 81 games.
Fast forward to August 27, 1996, and the Red Wings traded veteran winger Dino Ciccarelli to Tampa Bay Lightning for a conditional draft pick.
Ciccarelli scored 107 goals and 240 points in four seasons in Detroit. Future Hall of Famers won 35 goals and 60 points for the Lightning in the 1996-97 season. Later, he was traded to the Florida Panthers midway through the following season. The draft pick was the fourth rounder in 1998 and was eventually traded to Maple Leaf, and they chose Alexei Ponikarovsky.
Odd number and ending
On August 27, 1992, the Canadians received Shayne Corson, Brent Gilchrist and Vladimir Vujtek’s Vincent Damphousse from the Edmonton Oilers. In Montreal, Damphousse has been successful with 79 goals and 196 points in his first two seasons. He scored 184 goals and 498 points in 519 games before being traded to the San Jose Sharks in 1999.
Corson performed best among the three players the Oilers have won. In 192 games, he scored 53 goals and 137 points. Before the 1993-94 season ended, Gilchrist was traded to Polaris for center Todd Elik. Vujtek scored only five goals in 70 games. In the summer of 1997, he was traded to Lightning.
A year later, on August 28, 1993, the King traded Marty McSorley to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Shawn McEachern. On February 16, 1994, McSorely traded back to the Kings with Jim Paek.
The Buffalo Sabres signed Canadians head coach Randy Cunneyworth on August 27, 1998.Th Overall) 1980 NHL Introduction Draft. His second game lasted just 14 games, the last 14 games of his 16-season career, which allowed him to play for six different teams.
Anaheim’s powerful Ducks signed free agent defensive Fredrik Olausson on August 27, 1998, and less than two years later they traded him as the Penguins. He scored 31 goals and 90 points over the next two seasons. In the 2001-02 season, he won the Stanley Cup and then returned to Anaheim’s final season in the league.
Happy birthday to you
A total of 24 players skating in the NHL were born on this date. The first one was Moylan McDonnell, born on August 27, 1889, and played 22 games for the Hamilton Tigers in the 1920-21 season. The most recent one is Tampa Bay Lightning striker Brandon Hagel, 27 today.
Adam Oates (62) is by far the best profession in the group. Oates was never drafted by the NHL team on August 27, 1962, and on August 27, 1962 in Weston, Ontario. In 1985, after he rewrites the record at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Red Wings signed free agents.
His career rose in 1989 when he was traded to Bernie Federko of the St. Louis Blues. In the 1990-91 season, his Blues had 90 assists and 115 points. Over the next season, Oates were handed over to the Bruins by Craig Janney and Stephane Quintal. It was in Boston that he was the best of the season, with 45 goals, 97 assists and 142 points; all career high.
(Photography by Denis Brodeur/NHLI via Getty Images)
He also spent some time playing for the Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyer, Ducks and Oilers. He retired in 2004 after 1,337 games, where he scored 341 goals and 1,420 points. Oates was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.
Other notable players celebrating their birthday today are Doug Robinson (84), Manny Fernandez (51), Aaron Downey (51), Karel Rachunek (46), Troy Grosenick (36) and Fredrik Technique (32).
*Originally built by Greg Boysen
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