June 8, 2000. Longest scoreless game in Stanley Cup finals history
was 106 minutes and 21 seconds between the New Jersey Devils and the Dallas
Stars. Scored by Mike Modano.
2000. 1st time since 1927 there have been back to back multiple overtimes
in the finals.
1908 was the first year that the Stanley Cup was inscribed.
The Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers played a steamy Game 4 during the
1988 Stanley Cup finals. Boston Garden had no air conditioning. The arena
temprrature rose to 108 degrees, and the ice began to melt. The water vapor
turned into fog. The players could barely see the puck, but they played
on - until a power failure put out the lights.
The 1943-44 Rangers hold the record for the team with the longest winless
streak at the start of the season.... 0-14-1
The two number 1 picks who scored 100 in thier rookie season are...
Mario Lemieux...100 points...'84-85 season
Dale Hawerchuck... 103 points..'81-82 season
Luc Robitaille got his 1000th point Jan 29, 1998 against
the Calgary Flames.
It takes 16 games to win the Stanley Cup..
Vladimir Konstantinov's sweater
number is 16..
The Detroit Red Wings won
the Stanley Cup on June 16, 1998
The 1940-41 season marked the first time a goalie could not
not be sent to the penalty box
for any minor infraction. Prior
to this, a substitute "goalie"
was appointed-which meant a
teammate (always a skater,
since there were no spare
netminders in those days),
who was only allowed to use the
penalized goalie's stick
and gloves. With the 1940 rule
change came an interesting
twist: rather than assessing
the goalie a penalty, a
penalty shot would be awarded to
the opposing team.
Until Fred C. Waghorne came along, faceoffs were very
different. Referees lined
up the centers and put the puck
between their stick blades,
and yelled "play" to signal the
start of the play.
Waghorne changed that by simply dropping
the puck.
Bobby Hull's slapshot was clocked at 119.5 mph.
His wrist shot was measured
at 105 mph and his backhand
at 96 mph.
