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THREE STARS THE and other SELECTIONS This page intentionally left blank THREE STARS THE ' .<$',.;' '•f< • '' ~" ' ' ' -.' liwIfliiSI aafljirogg More Amazing Lists fo0r TRivia Lovers DAVIS PODNIEKS jefferson &Andrwew ECW PRESS Copyright © Jefferson Davis and Andrew Podnieks, 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any process — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of ECW PRESS. CANADIAN CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA Davis, Jefferson, 1962- The three stars and other selections : more amazing lists for trivia lovers ISBN 1-55022-427-1 i. National Hockey League — Miscellanea. 2. Hockey Miscellanea. I. Podnieks, Andrew. II. Title GV847.D426 2000 796.96264 020-931709-0 Cover and text design by Tania Craan Layout by Mary Bowness Printed by Transcontinental Distributed in Canada by General Distribution Services, 325 Humber Blvd., Etobicoke, Ontario Mgw 7C3 Distributed in the United States by LPC Group, 1436 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA 60607 Published by ECW PRESS 2120 Queen Street East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, M4E IE2 www.ecw.ca/press The publication of The Three Stars and Other Selections has been generously supported by the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program. Canada PRINTED AND BOUND IN CANADA This page intentionally left blank This page intentionally left blank cofyniyTi Ten Oddities About the Three Star Selection 1 Last Number One Goalies of the Original Six 3 Ten NHL Players to Become NHL Officials S Seven Amazing Facts about Hilda Ranscombe I Current NHL Coaches Who Once Played in the NHL 3 First Ten Coaches of the Minnesota North Stars 14 Eleven Odd Facts about the 500-Goal Club II Most Games Missed by an Art Ross Trophy Winner IS Ten Fewest Career Goals by Retired 1,000-Game Players 22ii Nine 30-Goal Scorers with the Fewest Career NHL Goals li Most Career Goals without a 30-Goal Season 2? Most Consecutive Years with at Least 40 Goals 30 Ten Player Nickname Origins 12 Original Members of the Montreal Wanderers 35 Five Players Who Skated for All But One Original Six Team 31 Ten Obscure Brothers in the NHL 39 Fewest Career Minutes Played by a Goalie 42 Most Career Shutouts by a Goalie Who Debuted after the 1967 Expansion 41 Ten War-Time Goalies 4§ Most Penalty Minutes by a Player in His Only NHL Season (Original Six) 51 Most Points by a Player in His Sophomore Season 13 Longest Time between All-Star Game Appearances II Eight Unlikely MVPs of the All-Star Game 18 Ten Members of the IIHF Hall of Fame with North American Connections 61 Ten Little-Known Members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame 65 Six Memorable Games from the First Super Series (1975-76) 68 Ten Best Players at the First World Junior Championships in 1977 70 Seven Longest Last Names of Active Players 73 Eight Shortest Last Names of Goalies in NHL History 75 Ten Best Players Whose Last Name Starts with a "V" 77 Ten Surnames with an X 81 Six Names That Don't Fit 83 Ten Best Wilsons 85 Longest Gap between Stanley Cup Wins by a Player 88 Seven Least-Known Players to Score a Cup-Winning Goal 919 Seven Largest Point Decreases by a Team in One Season 92 First Ten Stanley Cup Challenges 95 Most Consecutive Years Missing the Playoffs 98 Eight Most Lopsided NHL Playoff Games 100 Six Fastest Trips to the Stanley Cup Finals by an Expansion Team 102 Ten Biggest Mismatches in a First-Round Playoff Series 105 First Ten New York Rangers to Score a Playoff Overtime Goal 1108 Most Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team 111 Fewest Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team 113 First and Last Goals in Original Six Buildings 115 Five Players Born on February 29 116 Nine Shortest Lives of WHA Teams 119 Eight Best Toronto Toros 122 Ten One-Game Wonders of the Original Six 124 Eight Players Who Hold Single-Season Records for More Than One Franchise 1 Ten Records Wayne Gretzky Never Broke 110 Ten Toughest NHL Records to Break 132 Most Regular Season Games Played, One Season 135 Seven Best Players Drafted from the Brandon Wheat Kings 131 Eight Worst Top Five Draft Choices of the 1980s 140 Ten Successful NHLers Drafted by Lesser-Known Teams 141 First Ten American-Born U.S. College or High School Players Drafted in the First Round 145 Seven Best Players Born in New York State 148 Eight Players from Cleveland to Play for Minnesota after the Merger of 1979 1 Seven Most Important Games Played in California 153 First NHL Games Played by the 1967-75 Expansion Teams 1i5 Eight Greatest Moments from the "Igloo" 157 Four Players Who Skated for the Most Expansion Teams 160 Eight Best Goaltending Tandems Since Expansion 161 Ten Under-Rated Defensemen from the 1970s 163 Ten Best Defensemen to Play for the Chicago Blackhawks 166 Ten Best California (Golden] Seals 118 Ten Best Toronto Maple Leafs Born in Quebec 112 Seven Key Trades between Toronto and Montreal 114 Ten Highest Single-Season Point Totals by a Montreal Centre 176 Photo Credits 170 Acknowledgements 180

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The Three Stars and Other Selections features obscure hockey 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 Best NHL Players Born in New York State Most Career NHL Goals Without a 30-Goal Season Largest Point Decr
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