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In real life Howe played right wing and by 49-50 from what I understand was on the Wings top line with Lindsay on the left side and Sid Abel (later Delvecchio) in the middle so he had solid point totals from the age of 21 or so. In the sim Howe is listed as being capable of playing all 3 positions and the game put him at left wing. As a result he spent a lot of time in his early 20's behind Lindsay and 1 or two others on the third or fourth line instead of on the top line with Lindsay and Abel so his point totals suffered. Once he was shifted to center as Abel began to decline Howe started to receive first line minutes and his point totals increased. Howe basically stepped into the role Delvecchio had in real life as the game made Delvecchio a right winger on the line with Howe and Lindsay. The result is he did not become a prolific point producer in the sim until age 30 while in real life he was putting up top 10 scoring numbers from the age of 22 but it is the desire for this unpredictability that made me choose to enable the FHM development engine so some deviation for players is both to be expected and desired. The question going forward will be how long will Howe be productive? With just 288 goals and 628 points after nearly 1000 games I would think he would be hard pressed to finish with even 500 goals and 1000 points in his career.
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Another interesting one to watch is Chicago over the next few years. Right now they have Mikita at center with Bobby Hull and Floyd Smith on the wings as the top line. With veteran Bronco Horvath along with Forbes Kennedy as other centers behind Mikita that leaves a still very young Phil Esposito on the fourth line.
Does Esposito move to the second line eventually or perhaps even replace Mikita on the top line with Hull. With Fred Stanfield also as a center maybe Espo moves to the wing with Mikita and Hull on the top line? Chicago still has a lot of talent up front as we also have Ken Hodge, Vic Hadfield, Dennis Hull, Chico Maki, Floyd Smith and Eddie Shack on their depth chart. It will be interesting to see what happens with Esposito's numbers and also how will the absence of the big offensive stars affect Bobby Orr's stats when he gets to Boston.
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01-04-2017, 01:51 AM | #43 |
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1963-64
1963-64 OFF-SEASON This is the year the NHL introduces the amateur draft so we have a large number of new players entering the game this season. Note I elected to assign players to the organization they began with instead of having a draft. Boston gets Bernie Parent, Derek Sanderson, Ted Irvine and Jean Pronovost. Montreal adds Rogie Vachon, Serge Savard, Carol Vadnais and Jacques Lemaire. Jim McKenney and Gerry Meehan join Toronto while Pete Mahovlich becomes a Red Wing. Allan Stanley highlights the retirements this off-season. The 37 year old played 990 career NHL games, all with the New York Rangers. He had 87 goals and 373 points in his 15 year career including 31 points last season. Because he spent his entire career with New York, Stanley appeared in just 5 playoff games. Long-time Chicago defenseman Bob Armstrong has retired at the age of 32. He played two seasons with Boston before joining the Black Hawks in 1951-52. Armstrong played 807 NHL games and had 63 goals and 109 assists in his 14 year career. He had 6 points in 51 games last season. Don Cherry also retired. The future CBC icon had a much better pro career in the sim then his real life NHL career that consisted of 1 playoff game, being traded to Detroit from the Bruins and he appeared in 251 games for the Red Wings over 4 seasons, scoring 12 times and earning 53 points. REGULAR SEASON The big news this season was Ted Lindsay overtook Maurice Richard as the NHL's all-time scoring leader. Lindsay finished the season with 1,212 career points after earning 49 this year. Richard had held the record with 1,173. Lindsay also increased his assist total to 728 and is closing in on former Canadien Elmer Lach's record 750 helpers. Lindsay is also second in career goals with 484. Richard leads with 595. Lindsay also extended his own record for career games played and he now sits at 1281. Gordie Howe of Detroit, Doug Harvey of Montreal and Toronto's Red Kelly, Fleming Mackell and goaltender Terry Sawchuk all reached the 1000 game mark. Sawchuk becomes the first goaltender to play in 1000 games and ended the season with 1055 appearances. The season went very similiar to last year as all four playoff teams finished in the same order as they did in 1963-64. Montreal's Jean Beliveau regained the Art Ross Trophy from Detroit's Alex Delvecchio, who dropped to 4th in scoring this year. Jacques Plante earned another 46 wins this season to increase his record career total to 629 victories. The 35 year old, who won his 12th Vezina Trophy this season, is 629-152-96 in his 885 career regular season games. The New York Rangers haven't made the playoffs since 1950 but they did manage to escape the basement and finish ahead of Boston. It ended a 4 year run of last place finishes for the Rangers. Big things have been expected of Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle but the two youngsters have yet to put it all together. The 23 year old Ratelle played just 38 games this year and had 11 points while the 22 year old Gilbert did manage to score 17 goals and 36 points and play the full 70 games. Code:
GP W L T PTS Montreal Canadiens 70 46 13 11 103 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 41 17 12 94 Detroit Red Wings 70 26 28 16 68 Chicago Black Hawks 70 27 32 11 65 New York Rangers 70 23 34 13 59 Boston Bruins 70 12 51 7 31 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Jean Beliveau MON 70 38 48 86 Bobby Hull CHI 69 34 47 81 Henri Richard MON 70 32 38 70 Alex Delvecchio DET 70 31 38 69 Frank Mahovlich TOR 70 35 33 68 Gilles Tremblay MON 70 23 43 66 Norm Ullman NYR 70 23 41 64 Stan Mikita CHI 58 18 45 63 Gordie Howe DET 67 27 35 62 Johnny Bucyk DET 70 23 39 62 Toronto's big line of Ron Stewart (3-4-7), Frank Mahovlich (3-4-7) and George Armstrong (2-5-7) proved too much for Montreal as the Leafs upset the Canadiens in six games in their semi-final series. Terry Sawchuk was strong in the Toronto net but Jacques Plante had a couple of tough outings for Montreal. An injury to Bobby Hull proved the difference in the other semi-final. With Hull in the lineup the Black Hawks won the first two games of their series on the road in Detroit but after he went down the Red Wings took four of the next five games despite 6 goals and 9 points in the series from Chicago's Stan Mikita. Game Seven was a 2-1 Detroit victory with Paul Henderson getting the winner with less than 5 minutes remaining in regulation. The finals would mark the 6th time Toronto and Detroit would meet with the Leafs winning each of the previous five including a series two years ago. Overtime was needed to decide Game One of the finals and the hometown Leafs prevailed 4-3 thanks to a Parker MacDonald goal. Defenseman Red Kelly scored twice for Toronto in the win. Game Two saw the Wings overcome a 3-0 second period deficit and win 4-3 in overtime on a Gordie Howe goal. It was probably the worst 20 minutes of playoff hockey goaltender Terry Sawchuk ever played as the Leafs netminder allowed 3 goals on 8 Detroit shots in the third period. The Wings carried that momentum into Game Three and had another 3 goal outburst in the third period as they beat Toronto 5-2 at The Olympia. Howe had another goal in this game and Ted Lindsay chipped in with 2 assists but it was former New York Ranger Tom McCarthy who led the way with 2 third period goals and an assist for Detroit. Detroit moves to within one victory of the Stanley Cup with a 3-2 win in Game Four. Defenseman Harry Howell got what proved to be the game winner midway through the second period on a setup from Howe and Delvecchio, who each had 2 assists in the win. It is the Leafs turn for a comeback win as Tim Horton scores to tie the game at 2 with 2:21 remaining in regulation and then Earl Ingerfield scores in overtime to give Toronto a 3-2 victory and make the series 3-2 in Detroit's favour. Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe each have a goal and an assist while Gump Worsley makes 27 saves as Detroit wins the Stanley Cup at home with a 3-0 victory in Game Six. With a 2.28 GAA and a .916 save percentage in 13 playoff games, Worsley is named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. It was a Montreal sweep for the other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Jean Beliveau Montreal (70GP 38-48-86) VEZINA TROPHY: Jacques Plante Montreal (46-13-10, 1.76) NORRIS TROPHY: Jacques Laperriere Montreal (70GP 16-41-57) ART ROSS TROPHY: Jean Beliveau Montreal (70GP 38-48-86) CALDER TROPHY: Barclay Plager Montreal (58GP 6-12-18) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Jacques Plante Montreal Terry Sawchuk Toronto D Pierre Pilote Chicago Red Kelly Toronto D J Laperriere Montreal Doug Harvey Montreal C Jean Beliveau Montreal Stan Mikita Chicago LW Bobby Hull Chicago Gilles Tremblay Montreal RW Frank Mahovlich Toronto Alex Delvecchio Detroit
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1964-65
1964-65 OFF-SEASON Ken Dryden highlights the list of new players entering the league. Joining the 16 year old goaltender in Montreal will be fellow 16 year old Mickey Redmond. Other players of note include Walt Tkaczuk and Syl Apps Jr in New York, Don Marcotte in Boston along with Jim Dorey and Brian Glennie with Toronto. Goaltending great Harry Lumley retired after 911 career NHL games, although he had not played a game in either of the past two seasons. He retires second to only Terry Sawchuk in games played by a goaltender. Lumley spent two seasons as a backup in Detroit before getting a chance to play every day in Boston. His lifetime record on some bad Bruins teams was 297-472-118 with a 2.96 GAA. Lumley also played 71 postseason games, going 25-38-7. He appeared in three Stanley Cup finals - once with Detroit and twice for Boston - but was on the losing side each time. Toronto's Bill Barilko has hung up his skates after 18 seasons and 6 Stanley Cups. The Conn Smythe Trophy winner in the 1956 playoffs, Barilko played 958 regular season games, scoring 113 goals and 519 points. Injuries limited him to 18 games with the Leafs last year. Defenseman Jack 'Tex' Evans retired after 983 career NHL games with all but 52 of them for the Rangers. He had 186 points including 8 points last year when he suited up for Boston after 15 seasons with the Blueshirts. REGULAR SEASON This was a breakout year for the Chicago Black Hawks as they set a team record for points with 89 and finished in second place for the first time in the original six era. The Hawks excitement was severely tempered when Bobby Hull suffered a season-ending injury with 2 weeks remaining in the season, something that makes their chances of knocking off first place Montreal in the semi-finals even tougher. The Hawks had steady goaltending from veteran netminder Eddie Johnston and a strong defense anchored by all-stars Bill Gadsby and Pierre Pilote but the real key to the Hawks was the league's best offense which really started to gel when second line centre Phil Esposito was shifted to right wing and placed on the top line alongside league scoring champ Stan Mikita and goal leader Bobby Hull. A year after winning the Cup the Detroit Red Wings slumped to fifth and missed the playoffs altogether. The benefactor of the Wings troubles was the New York Rangers, who made the playoffs for the first time since 1950. Despite the fact he lost the scoring race to Chicago's Mikita it was a big year for Montreal Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau. His 91 points this season allowed Beliveau to pull ahead of veteran Detroit winger Ted Lindsay and become the NHL's all-time scoring leader with 1,245 career regular season points. Beliveau and Detroit's Alex Delvecchio both joined the 1000 game club, boosting it's ranks to 13 skaters plus goaltender Terry Sawchuk. Beliveau also had a 20 game point streak, passing his old mark of 19 set in 1960-61 as the second longest of all-time. The record which may never be broken is 44 set by Maurice Richard in 1943-44. Beliveau also tied the record for most assists in a game with 6 in Montreal's 6-1 win over Detroit on January 5th. The mark was originally set by Toronto's Bob Pulford in 1960, also in a game against Detroit. In the same game Beliveau picked up 6 assists his linemate Claude Provost had 5 goals and an assist. The record for goals in a game is 7 set by Montreal's Dickie Moore 1957. Code:
GP W L T PTS Montreal Canadiens 70 44 17 9 97 Chicago Black Hawks 70 39 20 11 89 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 37 28 5 79 New York Rangers 70 25 29 16 66 Detroit Red Wings 70 22 35 13 57 Boston Bruins 70 13 51 6 32 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Stan Mikita CHI 70 33 71 104 Bobby Hull CHI 65 43 48 91 Jean Beliveau MON 70 36 55 91 Gilles Tremblay MON 63 28 53 81 Norm Ullman NYR 64 28 43 71 Frank Mahovlich TOR 69 39 29 68 Claude Provost MON 70 28 40 68 Alex Delvecchio DET 70 29 36 65 Ron Stewart TOR 69 27 37 64 Gordie Howe DET 70 26 37 63 Phil Esposito CHI 70 27 34 61 The Chicago Black Hawks will be without league goal scoring leader Bobby Hull for their semi-final series with Montreal but the Canadiens will also be missing a key cog as veteran defenseman Doug Harvey was limited to just 11 games this season due to injury. The series went back and forth with the team's alternating victories until Chicago broke that trend. After the Hawks evened things at 3 wins apiece with a 4-1 win on home ice in Game Six, Chicago earned a berth in the finals for the second time in 3 years with a 2-1 win in Game Seven. The hero was 29 year old Willie O'Ree, who was playing his first full season in the NHL at age 29 after a decade spent mostly in the minors. O'Ree scored on a pass from Pierre Pilote with 1:47 remaining in regulation to break the tie and give Chicago a 2-1 victory. New York's first visit to the playoffs in well over a decade was a very short stay as the Rangers were swept in 4 straight by Toronto. Bob Nevin had 4 goals and 8 points in the four games while Frank Mahovlich, Parker MacDonald and Dave Keon also scored 4 times in a series that saw Toronto pump 21 goals past Rangers goaltender Glenn Hall. Toronto took the Cup opener 3-1 before 18,472 hostile fans at the Chicago Stadium. Frank Mahovlich, Parker MacDonald and Eric Nesterenko were the Leaf goal scorers. Chicago rebounded with a 3-1 win of their own in Game Two as Stan Mikita and Phil Esposito scored third period powerplay goals while Pierre Pilote and Floyd Smith each had 2 assists. A trend was developing with another 3-1 score in Game Three, this time in favour of the hometown Maple Leafs. Bob Nevin, Dick Duff and Bob Pulford scored for Toronto while Phil Esposito had the lone Chicago goal. Another Leaf victory but by a 3-0 score this time made the series 3 games to one in Toronto's favour. Terry Sawchuk was the story on this night as the Leafs netminder turned aside all 36 Black Hawks shots he faced. Toronto managed 28 on Eddie Johnston with Bobby Baun, Bob Nevin and Bob Pulford scoring. The Leafs wrap up another Stanley Cup title with a 4-3 victory on the road in Game Five. Defenseman Tim Horton led the Leafs attack with a goal and 2 assists. Mahovlich, Pulford and Parker MacDonald also scored for Toronto with MacDonald snapping a 3-3 tie with the winner midway through the third period. Chico Maki, Fred Stanfield and Esposito responded for Chicago. Tim Horton was presented the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after finishing the postseason with 1 goal and 11 points in 9 games. Leaf winger Bob Nevin led the playoffs in points with 13 and tied for the goal scoring lead at 6 with teammates Bob Pulford, Frank Mahovlich and Parker MacDonald. Other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (70GP 33-71-104) VEZINA TROPHY: Jacques Plante Montreal (44-17-9, 2.25) NORRIS TROPHY: Pierre Pilote Chicago (69GP 12-49-61) ART ROSS TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (70GP 33-71-104) CALDER TROPHY: Fred Stanfield Chicago (68GP 14-17-31) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Terry Sawchuk Toronto Jacques Plante Montreal D Pierre Pilote Chicago Red Kelly Toronto D J Laperriere Montreal Bill Gadsby Chicago C Stan Mikita Chicago Jean Beliveau Montreal LW Bobby Hull Chicago Gilles Tremblay Montreal RW Frank Mahovlich Toronto Claude Provost Montreal Code:
CUP WINS BY TEAM ALL-TIME (sim plus pre-1931) TEAM SIM ALLTIME Toronto Maple Leafs 16 18 Montreal Canadiens 12 16 Boston Bruins 3 4 Detroit Red Wings 3 3 Ottawa Senators 0 3 New York Rangers 0 1 Montreal Maroons 0 1 Chicago Black Hawks 0 0
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01-04-2017, 12:29 PM | #45 |
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Hi Tiger,
thanks for your History! I also enjoy reading your posts so keep em coming Cheers |
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1965-66 OFF-SEASON The NHL changes it's minimum draft age to 17 which means this will be a year with very few new prospects entering the league but the biggest name on the list more than makes up for the lack of size of the class. Bobby Orr is a 17 year old and may see some action this season with the Boston Bruins. The only other player of note is big defenseman Pierre Bouchard with Montreal. Pierre's dad Butch played 845 games with Montreal and won 2 Norris Trophy's. The biggest retirement is long-time Montreal defenseman Doug Harvey ending his career following an injury at the age of 40. Harvey was limited to 11 games this season but still earned 7 points to give him 757 points in a career that spanned 18 seasons and 1032 games. Harvey won 6 Norris Trophy's and a Hart Trophy as NHL MVP as well as 9 Stanley Cups. No trades of note prior to the season but their were a couple of injuries in exhibition play including Montreal losing centre Jean Beliveau for the first 3 weeks of the season with a hamstring injury. REGULAR SEASON The Montreal Canadiens reign at the top of the regular season standings came to an end as the Habs finished in third place - the first time they had ended up that low since 1941-42. The reasons for the drop-off were numerous. Jean Beliveau did record his league leading 1,300th career point on the final day of the season but Beliveau was limited to 53 games and finished with 55 points. Jacques Plante still had a decent season but at 37 he is starting to show his age and was not the dominant goalie of season's past. Defense was also a concern as the Habs are going through a transition with Doug Harvey now retired and Tom Johnson a shell of his former self at age 38. 20 year olds Carol Vadnais and Serge Savard should have great futures but both were called on too often in a season when neither is ready for big minutes on an NHL blueline. The other big reason for the Habs decline is simply that Chicago is getting so good offensively. Habs players used to dominant the scoring leaders but the top ten now is heavily populated with Black Hawks led by Bobby Hull who, at the age of 27, led the NHL in goals with 46 and points with 104. 25 year old centre Stan Mikita is in his prime and 24 year old Phil Esposito is improving every year. With youngsters like Fred Stanfield and Ken Hodge plus dependable veterans Floyd Smith and Eddie Shack up front it is easy to see why Chicago has the most dangerous offense in the league. The key remains Bobby Hull, who had a 19 game point streak this season and has scored 89 goals over the past two seasons. The only concern about the Hawks becoming a dynasty is on the backend where their top two players Bill Gadsby and Pierre Pilote are starting to age. Doug Jarrett looks like he is almost ready to step in to a top two D role but beyond that the cupboard is relatively bare. The second place Leafs continue to ride the outstanding goaltending of now 36 year old Terry Sawchuk. Toronto has a balanced offense led by Ron Stewart and Frank Mahovlich, who combined for 73 goals between them. The Leafs did lead the league with 11 players scoring at least 10 goals this year. Code:
GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 70 44 16 10 98 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 39 15 16 94 Montreal Canadiens 70 31 28 11 73 Detroit Red Wings 70 30 28 12 72 New York Rangers 70 19 41 10 48 Boston Bruins 70 13 48 9 35 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Bobby Hull CHI 70 46 58 104 Stan Mikita CHI 69 27 73 100 Alex Delvecchio DET 70 39 57 96 Gordie Howe DET 70 28 52 80 Ron Stewart TOR 69 34 45 79 Frank Mahovlich TOR 70 39 34 73 Paul Henderson DET 70 27 43 70 Gilles Tremblay MON 68 35 27 62 Phil Esposito CHI 70 27 35 62 Pierre Pilote CHI 70 18 42 60 Chicago got revenge for their loss in the Finals last season by sweeping Toronto in 4 straight games led by Bobby Hull's 3 goal, 2 assist performance in a 6-1 victory in Game Two. In the other semi-final Jean Beliveau almost single-handedly willed the Canadiens to victory. Beliveau had 6 goals and 9 points as Montreal beat Detroit in 6 games. Detroit's Gordie Howe, on the other hand, was limited to a goal and 2 assists in the series. The Chicago-Montreal final was a rematch of the 1962-63 Stanley Cup and the Hawks are still looking for their first ever parade. Game One started well for the hometown Black Hawks as Stan Mikita scored twice and added an assist in a 5-3 Chicago victory. Game Two also ended 5-3 in Chicago's favour as the Hawks put 4 pucks past Montreal netminder Jacques Plante in the first 11 minutes and then hung on for the win. Mikita would score again with Hull adding 2 goals and defenseman Pierre Pilote notching 3 assists. Defenseman J.C. Tremblay gives Montreal life with an overtime goal in a 2-1 victory. Tremblay also assisted on Kenny Wharram's second period goal that opened the scoring. Floyd Smith got the Chicago tally early in the third period. It was a loss in more ways than one for the Black Hawks who learned their promising young defenseman Doug Jarrett would be sidelined for 10 months after suffering an arm injury in the game. Stan Mikita dominates Game Four with a goal and 3 assists as Chicago moves to within 1 win of the Stanley Cup after earning a 5-3 victory. No celebration for the Chicago Stadium fans in Game Five as John Ferguson and Kenny Wharram are the unlikely heroes for Montreal. Each has a goal and an assist in a 6-5 Canadiens victory. Huge drama in Game Six. Tied at 2, Henri Richard gets a powerplay goal with 1:44 remaining in regulation to put Montreal up 3-2. However, moments later Tom Johnson gets whistled for tripping and on the power play with the goaltender pulled for an extra attacker the Hawks tie the game on a Stan Mikita goal assisted by Bobby Hull with just 37 seconds remaining in regulation. The hero in overtime is Montreal's 22 year old rookie Yvan Cournoyer, playing in just his second playoff game after going scoreless in 7 regular season games. Cournoyer scores his first ever National Hockey League goal in dramatic fashion, just over 8 minutes into overtime to give Montreal a 4-3 victory and knot the series at 3 wins apiece. Game Seven at the Chicago Stadium. Fred Stanfield stakes Chicago to an early lead but before the first period is over Donnie Marshall ties the contest with an assist to Cournoyer. Kenny Wharram puts the Habs up 2-1 midway through the second period but goals from Phil Esposito and Floyd Smith, just over a minute apart, late in the second give the Hawks a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes. The Canadiens get 3 powerplays in the third period including a 5 minute one after Pierre Pilote is assessed a major for high sticking with 5:02 remaining in regulation. Montreal fires 13 shots on the Chicago net in the third period but Eddie Johnston stops them all to preserve the 3-2 win and give Chicago it's first Stanley Cup title. With a playoff leading 21 points in 11 games (possibly a record for a post-season) Stan Mikita is named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy over linemate Bobby Hull, who contributed a playoff high 9 goals and 18 points. Other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (69GP 27-73-100) VEZINA TROPHY: Jacques Plante Montreal (28-21-8, 2.30) NORRIS TROPHY: Pierre Pilote Chicago (70GP 18-42-60) ART ROSS TROPHY: Bobby Hull Chicago (70GP 46-58-104) CALDER TROPHY: Derek Sanderson Boston (70GP 6-10-16) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Jacques Plante Montreal D Pierre Pilote Chicago Harry Howell Detroit D Red Kelly Toronto J Laperriere Montreal C Stan Mikita Chicago Gordie Howe Detroit LW Bobby Hull Chicago Gilles Tremblay Montreal RW Alex Delvecchio Detroit Frank Mahovlich Toronto
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1966-67
1966-67 OFF-SEASON Two legendary defensemen elect to retire this off-season. 38 year old Bill Gadsby went out a champion as his final game was the night he won his first Stanley Cup. He endured some trying seasons during his 20 year career in Chicago but was a 3-time first team all-star. Gadsby played 1196 carer games and had 232 goals and 743 points in his career. Red Kelly also retires at the age of 38 after a 20 year career that saw him play 1131 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kelly had 192 goals and 885 points in his career. He won 2 Conn Smythe Trophy's as playoff MVP and hoisted the Stanley Cup on 7 occasions. Kelly was an 8-time first team all-star including this past season when he had 53 points in 67 games. Newcomers joining the league this year include Brad Park, Dennis Hextall and Don Luce with the New York Rangers, Garry Unger and Rick Ley in Toronto along with Boston Bruins Gregg Sheppard and Tom Webster. Chicago will be challenged right away in their Cup defense. The Hawks defense has lost it's top three from last year with the retirement of Bill Gadsby and now word that Pierre Pilote will miss the first month of the season with a knee injury. Doug Jarrett is also sidelined for most of the year due to an injury suffered in the playoffs. REGULAR SEASON Despite a number of injuries to their blueline the Chicago Black Hawks finished with the best regular season record for the second straight season. In addition to Pilote and Jarrett, the Hawks also lost rearguards Pat Stapleton and Wayne Hillman for an extended period. Chicago's offense, led by Bobby Hull's second straight Art Ross Trophy, was more than strong enough to make up for the injuries. Montreal just managed to wrestle second place away from the Toronto Maple Leafs but it was a much different Canadiens team than fans were used to. No more Flying Frenchmen as the team that normally boasts a number of the league's top forwards actually had a defenseman- Jacques Laperriere (15-39-54) lead the team in scoring. Jean Beliveau reached the 500 career goal plateau in a 4-2 Montreal win over Toronto on November 16th. It was one of just 16 goals Beliveau would score as his 53 points was his lowest total since he recorded 10 points in 1949-50 as an 18 year old rookie. Donnie Marshall, Gilles Tremblay, Henri Richard and Claude Provost also saw their production drop, and substantially so in some cases, while the next wave of young forwards like Bobby Rousseau (15-34-49) and Yvan Cournoyer (8-13-21) have not stepped up to fill the gap. Boston's 18 year old rookie defenseman Bobby Orr played in 69 games this season and had 10 goals and 39 points. The highlight to Orr's campaign was a 4 assist, 5 point night in a 5-3 win over Chicago on March 7th. Veteran Montreal blueliner Tom Johnson and Detroit's Gordie Howe each surpassed the 1250 game mark while Leafs netminder Terry Sawchuk became the first goalie to appear in 1200 regular season games. Code:
GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 70 39 17 14 92 Montreal Canadiens 70 34 23 13 81 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 33 23 14 80 Detroit Red Wings 70 27 29 14 68 New York Rangers 70 19 37 14 52 Boston Bruins 70 20 43 7 47 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Bobby Hull CHI 70 36 54 90 Stan Mikita CHI 63 21 64 85 Alex Delvecchio DET 70 21 58 79 Phil Esposito CHI 70 38 39 77 Frank Mahovlich TOR 70 36 38 74 Johnny Bucyk DET 70 27 45 72 Gordie Howe DET 70 25 46 71 Paul Henderson DET 67 42 26 68 Ron Stewart TOR 66 22 44 66 Norm Ullman NYR 70 28 36 64 The Chicago Black Hawks, led by 12 points from Stan Mikita, beat the Montreal Canadiens in 5 games in their semi-final series. In the other series Detroit beat Toronto in 6 games with Johnny Bucyk emerging as the offensive hero for the Red Wings. The 31 year old had 12 points, including 11 assists, in the 6 games. Five of those assists came on goals from his linemate Gordie Howe, who at 39 years of age is playing the best hockey of his career. For the first time since Boston and Detroit met in 1939-40 the Stanley Cup Finals would not involve a Canadian team. First place Chicago would host the opening two games of the finals and the Hawks won them both, taking the opener 3-1 before winning 7-2 in Game Two. Bobby Hull scored twice and assisted on Phil Esposito's goal to account for the Chicago scoring in the opener while the third member of that line - Stan Mikita - assisted on all 3 goals. In Game Two the second line led the way as Ken Hodge and Eddie Shack each had 2 goals and 2 assists. The Game Two win came at a price as second line center Fred Stanfield suffered an injury in the second period that ended his season. Back on friendly ice at The Olympia for Game Three, the Red Wings rebounded with a 5-1 victory. Bucyk, Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe each earned 2 points in the win while veteran goaltender Gump Worsley was outstanding for Detroit. Gump Worsley was the difference in Game Four as he stopped all 29 shots he faced allowing Detroit to even the series with a 3-0 victory. Despite getting only 16 shots on Chicago's Eddie Johnston, the Wings got goals from Delvecchio, John Miszuk and Nick Libett. Home ice would again be the charm as the Hawks took a 3 games to two lead after winning Game Five 5-2. Mikita had a goal and 2 assists to pace the Chicago offense with Esposito, Hull, Ted Hampson and Chico Maki also scoring for the Black Hawks. Chicago hoisted the Stanley Cup for the second straight year as the Hawks earned a 5-3 victory on Detroit ice in Game Six to clinch the series. Bobby Hull had 2 goals and an assist in the final game as Chicago scored 4 times in the 3rd period to earn the win. Stan Mikita had 2 more assists in the final game to finish the playoffs with 23 points on 6 goals and 17 helpers in 11 games. Detroit's Johnny Bucyk finished second with 17 points while Phil Esposito led all playoff performers with 8 goals. It was the impressive work of Mikita that caused him to recognized with the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second straight year. In 22 playoff games the past two seasons Mikita has 44 points and has 90 points in 65 career postseason contests. Other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Bobby Hull Chicago (70GP 36-54-90) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (30-12-11, 2.06) Ends an amazing 14 year run by Jacques Plante. NORRIS TROPHY: Pierre Pilote Chicago (58GP 15-36-51) ART ROSS TROPHY: Bobby Hull Chicago (70GP 36-54-90) CALDER TROPHY: Bobby Orr Boston (69GP 10-29-39) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Terry Sawchuk Toronto D Pierre Pilote Chicago Harry Howell Detroit D J Laperriere Montreal Pat Stapleton Chicago C Stan Mikita Chicago Gordie Howe Detroit LW Bobby Hull Chicago Johnny Bucyk Detroit RW Alex Delvecchio Detroit Phil Esposito Chicago
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With that the Original Six era comes to an end as we prepare for the 1967 expansion draft.
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Here are the career and single season leaders in goals, assists and points as of the end of the 1966-67 campaign.
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1967-68
1967-68 OFF-SEASON After 15 seasons and 940 games longtime Toronto Maple Leaf forward George Armstrong announced his retirement this off-season. He had 256 goals and 593 points in a career that included 4 Stanley Cups. The big news though is the upcoming expansion draft as the NHL doubles in size from 6 to 12 teams. Notable newcomers joining the NHL this season include goaltender Tony Esposito and defenseman Guy Lapointe with the Montreal Canadiens. The league also will increase the schedule from 70 to 74 games. Prior to the expansion draft the six new teams were able to sign some free agents. Here are the key signings for each club. LOS ANGELES KINGS: Forwards Red Berenson and Johnny McKenzie. Berenson is 27 years old and has yet to play in the NHL while the 29 year old McKenzie has played 27 NHL games for Chicago. MINNESOTA NORTH STARS: 26 year old defenseman Lou Nanne is the Stars only signing of note. He has yet to play an NHL game. OAKLAND SEALS: The Seals signed 6 players but none are expected to have any impact in the NHL. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS: 3 good minor league forwards were inked by the Flyers in 20 year old Serge Bernier, 22 year old Andre Lacroix and 25 year old Simon Nolet. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS: The Pens signed 5 players with 25 year old defenseman Bill Speer being the closest to possibly reaching the NHL. ST LOUIS BLUES: The Blues get longtime minor league forward Frank St. Marseille, who may end up being one of their offensive leaders. EXPANSION DRAFT LOS ANGELES KINGS- The Kings made out pretty good in the expansion draft adding 25 year old goaltender Roger Crozier, who had been Eddie Johnston's backup in Chicago the past couple of seasons. They also drafted forwards Floyd Smith and Eric Nesterenko from the defending Cup champions. Other picks include defensemen Bert Marshall and John Miszuk from Detroit along with tough guy John Ferguson from Montreal. MINNESOTA NORTH STARS - The Stars grabbed 38 year old goaltender Gump Worsley after he was left unprotected by Detroit. Worsley is a veteran of 855 games including 56 appearances for the Wings last year. The move leaves Detroit dangerously thin in net with the starting job likely going to Les Binkley, who played just 3 games last year. Other Minnesota selections including defenseman Bobby Baun from Toronto, a veteran of 790 NHL games and center Ted Hampson who played for the Cup winning Black Hawks last season. OAKLAND SEALS - The Seals got good young goaltender Rogie Vachon from Montreal as well as veteran ex-Habs Henri Richard and Kenny Wharram. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS - The Flyers also got veterans Claude Provost from Montreal, Don McKenney from Boston and former Maple Leaf Bob Pulford. In net the Flyers went with former Bruin Charlie Hodge, a 33 year old who lost his starting job in Boston to Bernie Parent. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS - The purge of veterans from Montreal continues as Pittsburgh selects 38 year old defenseman Tom Johnson, a future hall of famer. The Pens also get veteran forwards Parker MacDonald from Toronto, Jerry Toppazzini from Boston and Murray Oliver from Detroit. In net they will need to count on former Ranger farmhand Wayne Rutledge. ST LOUIS BLUES- Toronto winger Jim Pappin and ex-Montreal center Ralph Backstrom are the best of a weak crop of picks for the Blues. SUMMER MOVES The expansion teams continued to fill out their rosters over the summer and some of the bigger signings are listed below. The Los Angeles Kings signed highly touted free agent goaltender Gerry Cheevers, who could never crack the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup. Philadelphia added Cesare Maniago as a free agent pickup and named former Habs star Claude Provost their captain. Pittsburgh signed Ed Giacomin out of the Rangers system after the 28 year old spent most of the past decade in the minors. If I was making pre-season predictions I would expect Los Angeles to be the class of the new clubs while St Louis could set an all-time mark for futility as the Blues roster looks very bare. REGULAR SEASON With expansion there was a huge disparity between the established clubs and new teams with many lob-sided games and as a result a slew of new records were set. The Chicago Black Hawks lost just 6 times all year and their 128 points smashed the previous single season record of 118 points set by the 1954-55 Montreal Canadiens. Individual marks also fell as Stan Mikita of the Black Hawks won the NHL scoring title with a record 134 points, 17 more than the previous mark established by Montreal's Dickie Moore in 1954-55. Mikita also set the single season record for assists with 94, beating Jean Beliveau's 54-55 total of 77. Meanwhile, Mikita's linemate Bobby Hull set a new record for goals in a season with 57, one more than Dickie Moore's 1954-55 total. During the season Mikita had a 21 game point streak while teammate Bobby Hull had a 19 gamer at the same time. They were both well shy of Maurice Richard's record 44 game point streak established in 1943-44. Boston's Derek Sanderson also broke the single season penalty minute record by picking 386 minutes in the sin bin. The old mark of 338 was set by Ted Green of the Bruins in 1965-66. Yvan Cournoyer of the Montreal Canadiens tied a record for most points in a game when scored 6 goals and added 3 assists in the Habs 14-1 pounding of the Oakland Seals on March 5th. Veteran Jean Beliveau reminded fans of his early days when the 36 year old had a 7 point night (3G 4A) in the same game. Cournoyer's point total ties the mark set by Carl Liscombe of Detroit in a playoff in 1943. His 6 goals equal Liscombe's total and are 1 shy of the record 7 scored by Dickie Moore of Montreal in a 1957 game. The expansion teams also had some big performances led by ex-Canadien Kenny Wharram. The Oakland Seal scored 5 goals in the Seals 9-1 win over Los Angeles on November 21. Wharram, who also had an assist in that game, would later have a 5 point game in a win over Minnesota. FRANCHISE FIRST GOALS Here are the first goal scorer and results for each of the expansion teams in their debut. LOS ANGELES - Larry Johnston got the first goal in Kings history assisted by Keith McCreary and John Miszuk. It came 5:22 in to the first period of a 4-3 loss to Philadelphia on October 13th. The Kings would blank Minnesota 4-0 behind a 23 save effort from Gerry Cheevers the next night for their first franchise victory. MINNESOTA - Ted Hampson got the first North Stars goal 4:55 into the first period of a 4-3 loss to St Louis. Willie O'Ree and Bryan Hextall drew the assists. Minnesota would tie Oakland on Oct 13 and loss to Los Angeles on Oct 14 before winning their first game October 17th by a 3-1 score over Pittsburgh with Hampson assisting on all 3 goals. OAKLAND - The Seals won their first ever game 6-2 on October 10th in Philadelphia over the Flyers. Veteran Kenny Wharram, who would score a career best 31 goals, got 2 in the opener including the Seals first ever goal at 7:07 of the opening period with Dick Meissner and Kevin Smith assisting. PHILADELPHIA - The Flyers lost their opener 6-2 to Oakland at the Spectrum on October 10th with Cec Hoekstra's first career NHL goal also being the first in Flyers history. Don McKenney and Art Hampson drew the assists. Philadelphia's first win would come 3 nights later when they beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 at home. PITTSBURGH - The Penguins made NHL history by becoming the first expansion team to beat an original six club when they downed Montreal 3-2 at The Forum on opening day October 10th. Larry Jeffrey had the Pens first goal with an assist from Sandy McGregor at 19:36 of the first period. Bert Marshall and Murray Oliver also beat Montreal's Jacques Plante in that game with ex-Hab Tom Johnson assisting on the game winner. ST LOUIS - The Blues opened the regular season on a high note with a 4-3 victory over Minnesota on the road on October 10th. Wayne Rivers would get the first goal in franchise history with Murray Balfour and Ralph Backstrom earning the assists at 6:08 of the first period. Jim Pappin would be the star of the game with 2 goals and an assist. It was downhill from there for the Blues, who would win just 14 more games and finish dead last in the league. ORIGINAL SIX DOMINATION While the Penguins did shock Montreal in their season opener it would be mid-December before an expansion team would beat an original six squad again. The original six were so dominant that Boston finished last with 70 points in the East Division, a total that would have allowed the Bruins to finish first in the West with an 8 point cushion on Los Angeles. Code:
EAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 74 60 6 8 128 Toronto Maple Leafs 74 44 18 12 100 Detroit Red Wings 74 42 21 11 95 Montreal Canadiens 74 37 22 15 89 New York Rangers 74 39 26 9 87 Boston Bruins 74 31 35 8 70 WEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Los Angeles Kings 74 28 40 6 62 Pittsburgh Penguins 74 27 42 5 59 Philadelphia Flyers 74 22 41 11 55 Oakland Seals 74 20 40 14 54 Minnesota North Stars 74 19 46 9 47 St Louis Blues 74 15 47 12 42 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Stan Mikita CHI 74 40 94 134 Bobby Hull CHI 71 57 55 112 Alex Delvecchio DET 74 35 63 98 Phil Esposito CHI 74 42 44 86 Gordie Howe DET 74 28 56 84 Frank Mahovlich TOR 72 45 38 83 Norm Ullman NYR 72 22 58 80 Yvan Cournoyer MON 74 46 33 79 Floyd Smith LA 74 38 40 78 Bob Pulford PHI 74 34 41 75 Johnny Bucyk DET 71 33 42 75 The new game playoff format has 1st playing 4th and second vs third in each division in the opening round with round two being a cross-over so East will play West in the second round unlike in real life when play stayed within the division until the Cup Finals. QUARTERFINALS The Chicago Black Hawks faced the fourth place Montreal Canadiens with the Hawks winning the series in 6 games. Regular season scoring champ Stan Mikita continued his offensive production with 8 points in the 6 games while goaltenders Eddie Johnston and Peter McDuffe split the 6 games in the Chicago crease, with each going 2-and-1. The Hawks would meet the winner of Pittsburgh-Philadelphia in the second round. The Keystone State battle would be the only series to go the full seven games with the Penguins earning a 4-2 victory in the deciding contest thanks to a hat trick from Parker MacDonald. On the other side of the bracket the Oakland Seals, led by 10 points from Ron Murphy and 9 from Henri Richard, knocked off the first place Los Angeles Kings in 6 games while Toronto needed just 5 games to eliminate Detroit in the other quarterfinal. Veteran goaltender Terry Sawchuk made 4 starts for the Leafs in the series and posted a .944 save percentage. He also earned his 7th career playoff shutout. The semi-finals had very little drama as the Original Six teams dominated. Chicago swept the Pittsburgh Penguins in 4 straight games, outscoring the Pens 23-2 in the process. Mikita added 11 more points in the series and Bobby Hull scored 6 goals. Oakland did manage to surprise Toronto with a 4-3 victory in their series opener but the Leafs roared back with 4 straight easy victories. STANLEY CUP FINALS The finals would be a rematch of 1964-65 when the Leafs beat Chicago for their record 18th Cup. Since then Chicago has won each of the last two Cups and the Hawks enter the series as favourites to make it 3 straight titles. Chicago shows it's dominant offense in Game One as Bobby Hull scores twice and adds 4 assists while Phil Esposito gets a hat trick in the Hawks 7-1 victory on home ice. The third member of that line - Stan Mikita- has a goal and 3 helpers in the win. Chicago outshot the Leafs 44-8 in the contest. The Leafs look like a different squad in Game Two as they score 4 times in the first 12 minutes to chase Chicago goaltender Eddie Johnston from the game. Toronto wins 6-4 behind 2 goals from Frank Mahovlich and a goal and 2 assists from Gary Jarrett. Bobby Hull had 2 third period goals as Chicago's comeback bid falls short. Chicago gives 20 year old Peter McDuffe the start in place of Johnston and it nearly pays off. McDuffe made 23 saves but the Leafs win 2-1 thanks to first period goals from Mahovlich and Bruce MacGregor. The Leafs went with a young goaltender of their own as rookie Gary Smith filled in for the aging Sawchuk and stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced. Bobby Hull, with his 11th goal in 13 playoff games, was the lone Chicago marksman. Johnston and Sawchuk both return to the nets for Game Four and the Black Hawks even the series with a 5-3 victory. Stan Mikita has 2 goals and an assist to lead the Hawks, who also get goals from Bobby Hull, his brother Dennis and Chico Maki. Sawchuk makes 37 saves but it is not quite enough in Game Five as the Leafs fall 2-1 in Chicago and trail the Hawks 3 games to two in the series. Phil Esposito scored the first Chicago goal and assisted on Bobby Hull's game winner early in the third period. Mikita drew two helpers in the contest. Ron Ellis was the only Leaf to beat Johnston, who faced 20 shots. The line of Mikita, Hull and Esposito does all the damage as Chicago rallies from a 2-1 deficit after 40 minutes to beat Toronto 4-2 and claim their third straight Stanley Cup title. Esposito had a goal and 3 assists, Mikita 2 goals and an assist while Bobby Hull had a 1 goal and 1 assist in the deciding game. Stan Mikita finished with a playoff record 32 points (11G 21A) in 16 games while Bobby Hull set a record for goals with 14 and finished with 29 points. The third member of the line - Phil Esposito- had 9 goals and 14 assists as they finished 1-2-3 in playoff scoring. Despite the heroics from Mikita the Conn Smythe was awarded to Chicago defenseman Doug Jarrett, who had a strong playoff also with 2 goals and 17 assists for 19 points. Other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (74GP 40-94-134) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (49-5-6, 1.53) NORRIS TROPHY: Pierre Pilote Chicago (69GP 9-60-69) ART ROSS TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (74GP 40-94-134) CALDER TROPHY: Gary Unger Toronto (74GP 21-29-50) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Glenn Hall New York Rangers D Pierre Pilote Chicago J Laperriere Montreal D Bobby Orr Boston Doug Jarrett Chicago C Stan Mikita Chicago Norm Ullman New York Rangers LW Bobby Hull Chicago Floyd Smith Los Angeles RW Alex Delvecchio Detroit Phil Esposito Chicago
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01-07-2017, 04:13 PM | #51 |
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1968-69
1968-69 OFF-SEASON Extremely quiet off-season especially compared to last season. No major retirements or trades. New players joining the league are few with Curt Bennett in St Louis, Guy Charron in Montreal and Gerry Hart with the Detroit Red Wings being the biggest names. Just before the season started Minnesota and Los Angeles made a small deal. The North Stars add veteran forward John Ferguson who had 16 points and 90 penalty minutes in 67 games with Los Angeles last season. In return the Kings acquire goaltender Charlie Hodge, who was in the minors last year. Hodge is a veteran of 295 NHL games mainly with Boston and is 66-190-25 in his career. He likely won't see much action in LA as he will sit third on the Kings goaltending depth chart behind Gerry Cheevers and Roger Crozier. Some free agent signings including: Los Angeles signed Vic Hadfield as a free agent. The 27 year old has been stuck in the Chicago farm system his entire career and has yet to play an NHL game. Philadelphia signed 25 year old Bill 'Cowboy" Flett who who was in the same boot as Hadfield, having spent the previous 5 years in Toronto's farm system. 2 more games were added to the schedule so each team now plays 76. REGULAR SEASON In the second year the gap between the Original Six and the expansion clubs was even wider as for the first time ever 4 teams finished with over 100 points and the last place team in the East had 91. Meanwhile no one in the West had a even a sniff at winning record and the first place Penguins, with 63 points in 76 games, were the only team in the division to win more than 20 games on the season. Chicago's big guns had another record setting year as Stan Mikita smashed the marks he set last year for points with 169 and assists with an amazing 116. Bobby Hull scored a record 66 goals, 9 more than he had in a record-breaking season a year ago. The 50 goal club - a mark previously reached only once by Hull and twice by Dickie Moore - added 4 members this year alone as, in addition to Hull's 66, Mikita had 53, Chicago's Phil Esposito had 52 and the Habs Yvan Cournoyer tallied 50. At the age of 41 Gordie Howe keeps on rolling. The Red Wing great had a career high 119 points including two 6 point game in a pair of wins over St Louis in January. In 1,414 career games Howe has 1,107 points, good for 5th all-time. Jean Beliveau became the first player to earn 1,500 points in NHL play. The Montreal centre established the milestone on March 2nd with a goal the Habs 4-2 win over Detroit. The 37 year old Beliveau finished the season with 1506 points including 560 goals in 1280 games. Detroit's Alex Delvecchio is second all-time with 1,274 points. The 36 year old Delvecchio had 41 goals and 107 points this season. Beliveau is also closing in on Maurice Richard's record 595 goals. However, the player to watch in that category is clearly Chicago's Golden Jet, Bobby Hull. Hull moved past the 400 goal mark this season and now has 424 goals in just 788 games. With 123 goals in the last two seasons alone, it is quite possible the 30 year old Hull could pass Richard in just 3 years. Here is a Bobby Orr update. Now just turning 21 Orr is a veteran of 3 NHL seasons and has increased his point total each year, finishing with 22 goals and 52 assists for 74 points this season. His Bruins finished 5th this year and are getting decent goaltending from young Bernie Parent but a lack of offense has been their undoing. Derek Sanderson led the team with 88 points followed by J.P. Parise with 76 and then Orr's 74. Don Marcotte with 61 and Bill Goldsworthy at 53 are the only other Bruins with over 45 points on the year. By comparison the Chicago Black Hawks had 10 players with at least 45 points and six over 80 points. Unless Boston can add some goal scorers I can't see Orr challenging for an Art Ross Trophy at any point in his career. Code:
EAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 76 59 10 7 125 Montreal Canadiens 76 56 15 5 117 Detroit Red Wings 76 54 14 8 116 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 52 19 5 109 Boston Bruins 76 40 24 12 92 New York Rangers 76 41 26 9 91 WEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Pittsburgh Penguins 76 28 41 7 63 Minnesota North Stars 76 20 50 6 46 Philadelphia Flyers 76 18 51 7 43 St Louis Blues 76 18 54 4 40 Los Angeles Kings 76 15 51 10 40 Oakland Seals 76 11 57 8 30 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Stan Mikita CHI 76 53 116 169 Bobby Hull CHI 70 66 75 141 Johnny Bucyk DET 76 40 81 121 Gordie Howe DET 76 41 78 119 Phil Esposito CHI 76 52 57 109 Alex Delvecchio DET 76 41 66 107 Yvan Cournoyer MON 76 50 48 98 Norm Ullman NYR 76 31 66 97 Fred Stanfield CHI 76 41 54 95 Garry Unger TOR 76 39 56 95 Rod Gilbert NYR 75 38 57 95 While each of the West Division matchups in the opening round ended in 6 games both East Division battles went the full seven games. In the 2-3 matchup Minnesota knocked out Philadelphia while first place Pittsburgh took care of 4th seed St Louis. In the East Toronto surprised the 3-time defending Stanley Cup champion Black Hawks with wins in Chicago in both Games One and Two but Chicago evened the series with road wins in Games Three and Four. The road team prevailed in each of the next two games setting the stage for the winner take all Game Seven at the Chicago Stadium. Chicago struck quickly when Fred Stanfield scored 45 seconds into the game and by the end of the first period it was 3-0 as the Black Hawks advanced with a 4-2 victory. The Hawks suffered a serious loss early in the series when Stan Mikita suffered a broken kneecap, ending his playoffs. Montreal and Detroit alternated victories in their series with the third place Wings striking first. The Habs broke that trend on home ice in Game Seven as they followed up a Game Six win in Detroit with a 5-4 victory in the deciding game. Gilles Tremblay and 21 year old rookie Mickey Redmond led the way for Montreal with 2 goals and an assist each in the final game. In the semi-finals Montreal swept Pittsburgh in 4 straight games while Chicago dropped the first game to Minnesota before winning the next 4 in a row. Jean Beliveau had an 8 point game (4G 4A) in Montreal's 10-2 win over Pittsburgh in Game Two. The 8 points is one shy of the playoff record of 9 set by Detroit's Carl Liscombe. Pittsburgh was outscored 30-4 in the 4 games. STANLEY CUP FINALS Chicago would be looking for a 4th straight Stanley Cup championship as the Hawks face Montreal in the finals. The teams have met 3 times before with the Cup on the line. Montreal won in 1961 and 1963 while Chicago prevailed in 1966, which was the first Cup win in franchise history. Fred Stanfield, inserted on the Hawks big line with Phil Esposito and Bobby Hull in place of the injured Stan Mikita, came up big in Game One. The 24 year old had 4 assists while Hull had 2 goals and 2 helpers as the Hawks took the series opener at home by a 5-4 score. The Habs lost Mickey Redmond for the series with a shoulder injury in the game. The 21 year old had 10 points in 10 playoff contests. Game Two was all about Jacques Plante as the 40 year old veteran made 46 saves to earn his 16th career playoff shutout in a 2-0 Montreal win. The game was scoreless until Donnie Marshall got the Habs on the board 2 minutes into the third period. Gilles Tremblay would add an insurance goal 11 minutes later. Young Montreal winger Danny Grant was the hero in Game Three as the 23 year old scored 3 times including a pair in the final 10 minutes to snap a tie and help Montreal to a 6-3 victory. Yvan Cournoyer and Jacques Laperriere also played a big role, garning a goal and 3 assists each. Montreal moves to within one victory of the Stanley Cup with a 4-3 win in Game Four. Grant scored again but the big story was another 23 year old Canadiens forward as Jacques Lemaire continued his amazing playoff run with 2 goals and an assist. In 15 games so far this post-season, Lemaire has 12 goals and 22 points after getting just 22 goals and 50 points in 70 regular season games. The Hawks reign comes to an end as Montreal wins the Stanley Cup with a 4-3 victory in Game Five. Yvan Cournoyer led the Montreal offense with 2 goals in the game, giving him a playoff high 18 goals and 33 points and was an obvious choice for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. Veteran Jean Beliveau finished second in playoff scoring with 27 points while Jacques Lemaire was third with 23. Other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (76GP 53-116-169) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (47-8-4, 1.79) NORRIS TROPHY: Pierre Pilote Chicago (71GP 23-67-90) ART ROSS TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (76GP 53-116-169) CALDER TROPHY: Bill Flett Philadelphia (69GP 22-20-42) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Jacques Plante Montreal Eddie Johnston Chicago D Pierre Pilote Chicago Bill White Toronto D J Laperriere Montreal Bobby Orr Boston C Stan Mikita Chicago Gordie Howe Detroit LW Bobby Hull Chicago Johnny Bucyk Detroit RW Phil Esposito Chicago Yvan Cournoyer Montreal Chicago is a dominant team that might win a few more Cups. 3 or 4 years from now had Mikita stayed healthy in the playoffs this year we might have been looking at Chicago challenging the Leafs run in the 1930's of 8 straight Cups.
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1969-70 OFF-SEASON In what came as a shock to the hockey community 41 year old Gordie Howe has decided to retire. The Red Wing great was coming off a fantastic season that saw him score a career high 119 points. The past decade has been outstanding for Howe but a slow start that saw him languish on the Wings third or fourth line through most of his twenties means Howe will come no where near his real life accomplishments. Howe leaves the game having played 1,414 career regular season contests, scoring 463 goals and 1,107 points. Howe failed to win a major award although he did lead the league in goals once in his career. He was a first team all-star at centre twice in his career and named to the second team behind Jean Beliveau on numerous ocassions. He was a part of 3 Stanley Cup winning teams in Detroit and had 111 points in 176 playoff games. Jacques Plante also decided to go out as a Stanley Cup winner as the 40 year old goaltender announced his retirement over the off-season. Plante won 9 Stanley Cups and an amazing 14 straight Vezina Trophy's. He played 1,195 career games and is the all time leader in wins with an 804-237-140 record. He is also the career leader with 194 shutouts and has a lifetime GAA of 1.90. Legendary defenseman Tom Johnson also retired at the age of 41. A 4-time Norris Trophy winner and 2 time Conn Smythe winner Johnson spent most of his career with Montreal, helping the Habs to 9 Stanley Cups, before moving to the expansion Pittsburgh Penguins two years ago. He played 1,455 regular season games and collected 802 points in his career. There are a few big names coming in to replace them this year. The top one is Bobby Clark as a 19 year old to Philadelphia while the Los Angeles Kings get 19 year old Butch Goring. Other newcomers include Marc Tardiff and Bob Murdoch to Montreal, Ivan Boldirev to Boston, Andre Dupont to the Rangers and Ron Stackhouse to Oakland. While they don't get Moose Dupont the Flyers do get a pair of key pieces for their Broadsteet Bullies era as Dave Schultz and Don Saleski enter the game. REGULAR SEASON Another dominant year for the East Division in general and the Chicago Black Hawks in particular. Stan Mikita fully recovered from the knee injury that derailed the Hawks bid for a fourth straight Stanley Cup title and that allowed him to lead the league in scoring for the 3rd year in a row. Mikita's 141 points were a drop off from last year's record setting total but he and linemate Bobby Hull, with 136 points, dominated the league. The breakout player for Chicago this year was defenseman Doug Jarrett, who led all rearguards with 98 points despite missing 13 games. The 25 year old won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP 2 years ago and his confidence has soared since then. The Montreal Canadiens had a terrible slide, going from Cup winners a year ago to missing the playoffs altogether and finishing last in the East Division. Injuries to defensemen Jacques Laperriere and Serge Savard hurt but the absence of the now-retired Jacques Plante was a key loss. Youngsters Tony Esposito and Ken Dryden split the goaltending duties but while both have great potential, they are each still young and have room to improve. Boston was the benefactor of Montreal's slump as the Bruins made the playoffs for the first time since 1961-62. 23 year old Derek Sanderson led the Bruins in points with 90 while linemates Bill Goldsworthy and Don Marcotte also had strong years. Defenseman Bobby Orr (26-48-74) teamed with veteran Doug Mohns to give Boston one of the best D-pairings in the league. Code:
EAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 76 57 7 12 126 Detroit Red Wings 76 51 16 9 111 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 48 17 11 107 Boston Bruins 76 48 22 6 102 New York Rangers 76 46 21 9 101 Montreal Canadiens 76 44 25 7 95 WEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Los Angeles Kings 76 24 42 10 58 Pittsburgh Penguins 76 21 43 12 54 Minnesota North Stars 76 18 47 11 47 St Louis Blues 76 15 50 11 41 Philadelphia Flyers 76 15 52 9 39 Oakland Seals 76 10 55 11 31 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Stan Mikita CHI 76 45 96 141 Bobby Hull CHI 75 49 87 136 Alex Delvecchio DET 76 48 54 102 Frank Mahovlich TOR 76 47 54 101 Phil Esposito CHI 71 47 51 98 Doug Jarrett CHI 63 24 74 98 Derek Sanderson BOS 70 34 56 90 Fred Stanfield CHI 76 31 59 90 Yvan Cournoyer MON 76 45 41 86 Johnny Bucyk DET 72 28 58 86 The Chicago Black Hawks made Boston's first playoff appearance in 8 years a short stay as the Hawks swept the Bruins in 4 straight games. The series was closer than it sounds as each game was decided by just 1 goal including 2 of them in overtime. Bobby Orr had 3 assists in his first taste of playoff action for the Bruins. Meanwhile, Phil Esposito scored 4 goals including 2 game winners in the series for Chicago. The Hawks will face Minnesota in the semi-finals after the North Stars swept Pittsburgh 4 straight in the opening round. 32 year old centre Ed Hoekstra and 28 year old defenseman Lou Nanne each had 7 points in the series for the Stars. The Detroit Red Wings knocked off Toronto in 6 games despite a first round leading 8 points from Leafs winger Bob Nevin. Alex Delvecchio, playing Pete Mahovlich as his centre instead of the now-retired Gordie Howe, led the way in goals in the opening round with 5. Detroit's opponent in the semi-finals will be the Los Angeles Kings, who beat St Louis in 5 games. Kings goaltender Gerry Cheevers was the difference in the series, allowing just 6 goals against in the 5 games and posting a .953 save percentage. As expected Chicago and Detroit easily won their semi-final series as both teams swept their West Division opponents. Detroit's Johnny Bucyk would head into the finals as the playoff scoring leader with 14 points including 5 goals. Linemate Alex Delvecchio was next with 12 points and a playoff high 9 goals. STANLEY CUP FINALS The playoffs are a rematch of the final year of the original six when Chicago beat Detroit to win it's second straight Cup in 1966-67. This is only the third time in sim history that the finals featured two American teams. 1967 featuring Chicago-Detroit and 1940 when Boston beat the Red Wings are the other two. Game One featured plenty of offense as Chicago outscored the Red Wings 7-4. Hawks defenseman Gary Bergman had two goals while Phil Esposito had a goal and 3 assists. Stan Mikita and Ken Hodge each had a goal and 2 helpers for the winners. Johnny Bucyk led Detroit with 2 goals. Detroit evened the series with a 3-1 win in Game Two as Red Wings netminder Jack Norris made 30 saves while defenseman Noel Price assisted on all 3 Detroit goals. Norris is an interesting story as the 27 year old took the starting job away from Don McLeod, who had been the Wings number one goaltender the past two seasons. McLeod also lost the backup role as Detroit brought back 40 year old Gump Worsley from Minnesota in the off-season. Norris was the real surprise as he bounced around the minors with several organizations for most of the decade before getting 2 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers last year. The Flyers released him and he signed with Detroit and won the starting job - posting a 1.96 GAA in 59 appearances while posting a 39-13-6 regular season record. Keith Magnuson's second goal of the game came shorthanded 4 minutes into overtime and lifted Chicago to a 3-2 win in Game Three. The Black Hawks outshot Detroit 39-23 in the contest and now lead the series two games to one. After being kept fairly quiet the past two games, Chicago's big line explodes in a 7-2 Black Hawks victory in Game Four. Phil Esposito gets 3 goals, Stan Mikita a goal and 3 assists while Bobby Hull scored once and assisted on two others. After 6 goals and 41 Chicago shots Detroit netminder Norris was pulled from the game early in the third period. Game Five was much tighter but the result was another Chicago Stanley Cup as the Hawks won 3-2 to take the series in 5 games. Bill Hicke got the game winner with 3 minutes remaining in regulation just over a minute after Paul Henderson had tied the series for Detroit. All-World Chicago defenseman Doug Jarrett assisted on all 3 Hawks goals giving the 26 year old 13 points in 11 playoff games. For his efforts Jarrett was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy for the second time in 3 years. An argument could be made that Phil Esposito, with a playoff high 10 goals and 18 points should receive the award. Alex Delvecchio of Detroit tied Esposito for the goal lead with 10 of his own but Detroit did play two more games than Esposito's Black Hawks. Other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (76GP 45-96-141) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (49-6-11, 1.62) NORRIS TROPHY: Doug Jarrett Chicago (63GP 24-74-98) ART ROSS TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (76GP 45-96-141) CALDER TROPHY: Bobby Clarke Philadelphia (76GP 6-44-50) I would have given it to Jack Norris of Detroit, as the Red Wings goalie went 39-13-6 with a 1.96 GAA, a performance good enough to make my second all-star team. The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Jack Norris Detroit D Doug Jarrett Chicago Bill White Toronto D Bobby Orr Boston Brad Park NY Rangers C Stan Mikita Chicago Derek Sanderson Boston LW Bobby Hull Chicago Johnny Bucyk Detroit RW Frank Mahovlich Toronto Phil Esposito Chicago
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01-09-2017, 06:57 PM | #53 |
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A superb read so far. Gonna get very interesting with the WHA era just around the corner and the dawn of the Great One - perhaps in this timeline Skalbania's wager is accepted and Gretz plays for my beloved Winnipeg Jets!
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1970-71 OFF-SEASON A busy off-season as the league expands and adjusts the divisions. First the retirements which are led by legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk. Sawchuk broke in to the NHL with Detroit in 1948-49 as a 19 year old and appeared in 5 games for the Red Wings that season. He was dealt to Toronto that summer for forward Bud Poile and spent the next two decades as the Leafs number one goaltender. He played in a record 1,413 games going 808-411-180 with a 2.20 GAA. He won 1 Vezina Trophy and the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP in 1962. Overshadowed by Jacques Plante much of his career, Sawchuk did earn First All-Star team honours 4 times in his career and won 5 Stanley Cups with the Leafs. Tim Horton calls it quits after 1,232 games on the Toronto blueline. Horton had 536 points in a career that included 4 Stanley Cups and a Conn Smythe Trophy. Winger Claude Provost retired after 1,025 NHL games with Montreal and Philadelphia. The 36 year old had 292 goals and 731 points in his 18 year career and was a member of 7 Cup winning Canadiens teams. Ron Murphy played 1,109 games mainly with the New York Rangers but he finished his career with 3 seasons with expansion Oakland. Murphy had 272 goals and 571 points in his career. The Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks join the league as expansion teams while the Oakland Seals change their name to the California Golden Seals. Both new teams are placed in the East Division while the defending Cup champion Black Hawks are moved to the West. The scheduled was also expanded by 2 more games to 78 for each club. A number of talented newcomers enter the league including Gilbert Perrealt with Buffalo, Darryl Sittler and Errol Thompson to Toronto, Reggie Leach and Rick MacLeish to Boston, Dale Tallon in Vancouver, Yvon Lambert to Detroit and goaltender Gilles Meloche with Chicago. EXPANSION DRAFT The Buffalo Sabres add goaltender Wayne Rutledge, winger Claude Larose and a pair of Plager brothers in Bill and Bob. Vancouver's key pickups include veteran Toronto winger Dick Duff, along with forwards Terry Crisp, Bill Hicke and Gary Jarrett. The Canucks also add goaltender Ernie Wakely from Montreal's system. REGULAR SEASON The Chicago Black Hawks easily dominated the West Division even without superstar Stan Mikita, who was limited to 46 games because of a broken hand but still managed to accumulate 74 points. His teammate Bobby Hull led the NHL in scoring with 123 points while the third member of the line, Phil Esposito led the league in goals with 61. Speaking of goals a milestone was hit on February 20, 1971 when Montreal's Jean Beliveau scored his 596th career goal, breaking the record held by Rocket Richard. Beliveau, now 39 would finish the season with 17 goals in 53 games giving him 598 in his career. Beliveau's milestone goal came against Eddie Johnston of the Black Hawks in a 5-4 Chicago win. It was one of just 11 losses on the season for the Habs, who established a new record for points in a season with 129 (although the old mark of 128 was set by Chicago in 1967-68 playing 4 less games). It was a huge turnaround for the Canadiens, who missed the playoffs last year and finished last in the East Division. Yvan Cournoyer, with 60 goals and 120 points, was a major reason for the Habs resurgence although a healthy Jacques Laperriere (18-63-81) certainly helped. Goaltender Tony Esposito (56-9-4, 1.87) also played a key role as he outplayed Ken Dryden for the starting job. Code:
EAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Montreal Canadiens 78 62 11 5 129 New York Rangers 78 53 14 11 117 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 53 16 9 115 Detroit Red Wings 78 49 17 12 110 Boston Bruins 78 49 19 10 108 Vancouver Canucks 78 23 51 4 50 Buffalo Sabres 78 15 55 8 38 WEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 78 59 14 5 123 Los Angeles Kings 78 30 42 6 66 Minnesota North Stars 78 27 45 6 60 Philadelphia Flyers 78 24 46 8 56 St Louis Blues 78 15 49 14 44 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 18 54 6 42 California Golden Seals 78 15 59 4 34 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Bobby Hull CHI 78 51 72 123 Yvan Cournoyer MON 78 60 60 120 Phil Esposito CHI 78 61 47 108 Pete Mahovlich DET 76 39 69 108 Alex Delvecchio DET 78 44 63 107 Nick Libett DET 78 37 60 97 Derek Sanderson BOS 78 55 41 96 Rod Gilbert NYR 78 43 50 93 Dave Balon NYR 78 31 56 87 Garry Unger TOR 78 44 42 86 Brad Park NYR 78 30 55 85 PLAYOFFS Only one of the four quarterfinal playoff series was close, and that series between Toronto and New York needed overtime in the seventh game to declare a winner. The Leafs eventually prevailed thanks to an overtime tally from young defenseman Rick Ley. Despite 9 points in the 7 games from Rod Gilbert, the Rangers failed to win a playoff series - a feat they have not accomplished since 1937. The Montreal Canadiens knocked off Detroit in 5 games led by 5 goals from defenseman Jacques Laperriere and 7 points from Jacques Lemaire in the series. The Los Angeles Kings eliminated Minnesota in 5 games thanks to Red Berenson's 8 points. The Kings will meet Montreal in the semi-finals. The other semi-final will have the Leafs facing defending Cup champion Chicago. The Black Hawks outscored Philadelphia 25-5 in their 4 game sweep of the Flyers. Stan Mikita had 10 points in the 4 games while Bobby Hull and Fred Stanfield each scored 4 goals. Montreal easily handled the Los Angeles Kings, winning in 4 straight. The Leafs gave Chicago all they could handle and the series went the full seven games and like the Leafs-Rangers series needed overtime in the deciding game. The Black Hawks prevailed this time as Bobby Hull got the overtime winner with assists to his linemates Phil Esposito and Stan Mikita in a 3-2 game. In 11 playoff games Mikita already has 21 points. STANLEY CUP FINALS For the fourth time in the last decade the Stanley Cup Finals will feature Chicago and Montreal. The Habs have won 3 of those meetings including 2 years ago. Chicago won last season and has 4 Cups in the past 5 years. Montreal won Game One by a 5-4 score but the Habs nearly blew a 4-1 lead in the third period. Chicago got goals from Ken Hodge, Gary Bergman and Stan Mikita less than two minutes apart midway through the third but Montreal bounced back with Danny Grant goal with 3:47 remaining to lift the Habs to victory. Game Two also goes to Montreal, this time by a 2-1 score but the Hawks get bad news when Stan Mikita is injured midway through the game and may miss the next couple of games. Mickey Redmond and Yvan Cournoyer scored for the Canadiens in the second period after Mikita set up Doug Jarrett for the games opening goal. Despite a broken finger Stan Mikita dressed for Game Three and he scored a goal in Chicago's 7-4 victory. Fred Stanfield led the Chicago attack with 2 goals and an assist. Chicago evens the series with a 4-3 overtime win on home ice in Game Four. Doug Jarrett gets the winner on a point shot with Mikita and Bobby Hull earning the assists. Hull would also score a pair of goals while Cournoyer had 2 for the Canadiens. Back to Montreal for Game Five with the series tied at 2. Tony Esposito stopped all 18 shots he faced and first period goals from Danny Grant and Mickey Redmond were the difference as Montreal won 2-0 to move to within 1 game of the Cup. The Black Hawks would force a 7th game with a 5-1 victory on home ice in Game Six. Pierre Pilote and Fred Stanfield would each score twice for the Hawks, who limited Montreal to just 14 shots in the contest. Montreal would strike first in Game Seven as defenseman Pierre Bouchard beat Chicago's Eddie Johnston with 2 minutes remaining in the first period. The game would remain 1-0 until Jacques Lemaire gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead 3 minutes into the third period. The insurance goal would prove to be very important as Dennis Hull pulled Chicago to within 1 with a goal at 16:13 of the third period. The Hawks pulled their goalie and buzzed the Montreal net but were unable to get the equalizer past Ken Dryden, who was spliting goaltending duties with Tony Esposito, and Montreal claimed the Cup with a 2-1 victory. Stan Mikita led all playoff scorers with 26 points while Fred Stanfield was the goal leader with 10 but the Conn Smythe went to a member of the Cup champion Canadiens as defenseman Jacques Laperriere, who had 5 goals and 17 points in 13 playoff games. Other Award winners: HART TROPHY: Bobby Hull Chicago (78GP 51-72-123) VEZINA TROPHY: Jack Norris Detroit (41-13-11, 1.87) NORRIS TROPHY: Jacques Laperriere Montreal (78GP 18-63-81) ART ROSS TROPHY: Bobby Hull Chicago (78GP 51-72-123) CALDER TROPHY: Dale Tallon Vancouver (78GP 19-36-55) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Tony Esposito Montreal Jack Norris Detroit D J Laperriere Montreal Doug Jarrett Chicago D Brad Park NY Rangers Carol Vadnais Montreal C Pete Mahovlich Detroit Derek Sanderson Boston LW Bobby Hull Chicago Nick Libett Detroit RW Yvan Cournoyer Montreal Phil Esposito Chicago
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As for the WHA, my guess is Bobby Hull will not be allowed to leave Chicago this time around and the WHA itself might be very weak in it's early years as I don't think the game will allow any of the better players to leave their NHL clubs.
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1971-72
1971-72 OFF-SEASON Some big names join the league this season led by Guy Lafleur and Larry Robinson in Montreal. Others include Detroit adding Marcel Dionne, Rick Martin and Craig Ramsay join Buffalo while Terry O'Reilly debuts in the Boston system. After 1094 career games defenseman Bobby Baun has decided to retire at the age of 34. Baun played 78 games for Minnesota last season, his 4th with the Stars, and had 5 goals and 20 points. He joined Minnesota in the expansion draft after 12 years with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Baun had 83 goals and 280 points in a career that included two Stanley Cup titles. Another long-time Leaf in winger Dick Duff has also retired. The 35 year old Duff had 40 points for expansion Vancouver this year after playing 15 years with the Leafs. In 841 games the often-injured Duff had 191 goals and 617 points. He won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 1955-56 and was on a pair of Cup winning Toronto teams. After a disappointing carere Vic Hadfield also retired. Just 30 years old Hadfield was stuck in the Chicago minor league system until expansion when he joined the Los Angeles Kings. Last year he had a career high 22 goals and 43 points. In three season spanning 224 games, Hadfield had 48 goals and 91 points. The only off-season trade of note saw Philadelphia deal 21 year old Dave Schultz to Vancouver for 2 other minor leaguers. REGULAR SEASON The Chicago Black Hawks established a new regular season record with an amazing 135 points. Chicago also set the mark for wins in a season with 65. The Hawks were again led by a healthy Stan Mikita, who led the league with 149 points after missing half of the previous season with an injury. The big line did miss Phil Esposito for 5 weeks but he still managed to score 39 goals in 62 games. Bobby Hull played all 78 regular season games and his 63 goals were 3 shy of the record he set in 1968-69. Hull did suffer an injury in the final game of the season and is expected to miss the first round of the playoffs. While the West Division was all Chicago, the East featured a tremendous playoff race that ended with just 2 points seperating first from fourth place. The Boston Bruins finished in first place for the first time since 1942-43 and they did so without Bobby Orr for the last two months of the season. Orr, who had 54 points in 55 games before suffering a shoulder injury, is expected to miss the entire post-season. Alex Delvecchio became the first player in history to surpass the 1500 game mark. With 33 goals and 104 points in 78 games this year, the 39 year old ends the season with 1560 career games and he also leads in career goals with 606 having surpassed Jean Beliveau's total of 598. Beliveau had 40 points including 17 goals this season at the age of 40. Beliveau continues to lead in career points with 1,598 while Delvecchio is second at 1,587. Montreal defenseman Carol Vadnais established a record for penalty minutes after picking up 465 this season. , breaking Pat Quinn's mark of 443. Vancouver's Dave 'The Hammer' Schultz had a huge year for penalty minutes as well, earning 441 minutes in the sin bin. Chicago's Eddie Johnston had another dominant season between the pipes, winning a league high 53 games while also leading the league in save percentage and goals against average. Code:
EAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Boston Bruins 78 56 16 6 118 Montreal Canadiens 78 56 17 5 117 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 54 16 8 116 New York Rangers 78 52 14 12 116 Detroit Red Wings 78 49 23 6 104 Buffalo Sabres 78 19 43 16 54 Vancouver Canucks 78 19 48 11 49 WEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 78 65 8 5 135 Philadelphia Flyers 78 29 41 8 66 Los Angeles Kings 78 22 49 7 51 Minnesota North Stars 78 20 47 11 51 California Golden Seals 78 15 51 12 42 St Louis Blues 78 15 55 8 38 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 13 56 9 35 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Stan Mikita CHI 75 47 102 149 Bobby Hull CHI 78 63 64 127 Yvan Cournoyer MON 78 54 65 119 Alex Delvecchio DET 78 33 71 104 Pete Mahovlich DET 78 42 61 103 Brad Park NYR 78 31 71 102 Don Marcotte BOS 78 37 64 101 Carol Vadnais MON 78 23 76 99 Derek Sanderson BOS 78 46 45 91 Nick Libett DET 78 35 55 90 Even without Bobby Hull the Chicago Black Hawks had little trouble with Minnesota in the opening round of the playoffs as the Hawks won 4 straight. Phil Esposito (3G 4A) and Ken Hodge (2G 3A) picked up the slack offensively for Chicago in the Golden Jet's absence. The other West Division quarterfinal series was an outstanding battle between Los Angeles and Philadelphia with the Kings needing an overtime goal from Red Berenson in Game Seven to advance. Berenson had a tremendous series, earning 10 points to lead the Kings. The Boston Bruins knocked off the New York Rangers in 5 games despite missing Bobby Orr. Bernie Parent was the difference in the series as the Bruins netminder had a pair of shutouts and a 1.60 GAA in the series. Goaltending was also the difference for Montreal as Tony Esposito backstopped the defending Cup champion Canadiens to a 6 game win over Toronto. 23 year old Jude Drouin had 4 goals for the Habs in the series including a pair of game winners. The playoff format was changed slightly this year so the division's would cross-over for the semi-finals meaning Boston would play Los Angeles while Montreal and Chicago would stage a rematch of last year's finals a round early. Bernie Parent had another shutout and continued his strong play as the Bruins swept the Kings 4 straight. Chicago beat Montreal in 5 games in the other series as Bobby Hull made a dramatic return, getting a goal and an assist in Game Four before earning 4 assists in a 5-3 series clinching victory in Game Five. Phil Esposito scored 3 times in that game while Stan Mikita continues to lead the league in playoff scoring with 14 points after 9 games. STANLEY CUP FINALS This marks the first time Boston and Chicago have ever met in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Bruins, who won 3 Cups (1940,42,45) are in the finals for the first time since 1959-60. Chicago makes it's 8th straight finals appearance with 4 wins in the previous 7 years. Game One at the Boston Garden needs overtime to determine a winner and it is Bobby Hull who provides the heroics for the visiting Black Hawks. Hull had 2 goals and an assist in the game. Boston's Jean Pronovost also had a 3-point night. The Hawks beat Bernie Parent 3 times in the first period as Doug Jarrett, Terry Harper and Ken Hodge light the lamp. That is all Eddie Johnston and the Chicago defense need as they outshoot the Bruins 33-23 and win the game 3-1. Bill Goldsworthy broke the shutout with Boston's only goal late in the third period. Boston rebounds on the road with a 3-1 victory of their own. Parent makes 31 saves while the Bruins get goals from Derek Sanderson, Dallas Smith and Don Marcotte. Phil Esposito scores the only Chicago goal. Eddie Johnston fails to survive the first period as Boston pumps 5 goals past the Hawks netminder in the first 12 minutes of the game and then coasts to a 7-2 victory knotting the series at two wins apiece. The Bruins get goals from 7 different players with Rick Smith and Don Marcotte leading the way with 3 points each. Boston wins it's third game in a row to go up 3 games to two in the series. Dallas Smith is the hero with the winner in overtime after Don Marcotte tied the game late in the third. Bobby Hull had both Chicago markers. Game Six sees the Cup in the building as the Bruins look to clinch their first title since 1945. However, the Hawks have other ideas and ride first period goals from Pat Stapleton and Cliff Koroll to a 2-1 victory. Ross Lonsberry had the lone Bruin goal. Game Seven winner take all starts in Chicago's favour quickly as rookie Gerry Pinder stakes the Hawks to a 1-0 lead just over 4 minutes into the game. However, before the first period is over the Bruins have a 2-1 lead thanks to goals from JP Parise and Jean Pronovost. Bobby Hull evens things in the second with his 6th goal in 9 playoff games but the Bruins get third period goals from Bill Goldsworthy and Jim Harrison to win the game 4-2 and claim the Stanley Cup. With a playoff leading 20 points including 16 assists Chicago defenseman is named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy despite being on the losing side. It is the third time Jarrett is named playoff MVP - a record. Boston's offense is led by Jean Pronovost with 18 points and Derek Sanderson, who led all playoff performers with 10 goals in 16 games. Other award winners are: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (75GP 47-102-149) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (53-6-4, 1.41) NORRIS TROPHY: Brad Park New York Rangers (78GP 31-71-102) ART ROSS TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (75GP 47-102-149) CALDER TROPHY: Rick Martin Buffalo (75GP 36-34-70) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Bernie Parent Boston D Carol Vadnais Montreal Doug Jarrett Chicago D Brad Park NY Rangers Pat Stapleton Chicago C Stan Mikita Chicago Pete Mahovlich Detroit LW Bobby Hull Chicago Don Marcotte Boston RW Yvan Cournoyer Montreal Alex Delvecchio Detroit
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1972-73
1972-73 OFF-SEASON The big news is the addition of two new expansion teams to the NHL and a completely new league with the formation of the World Hockey Association. New players to take note of include Steve Shutt joining Montreal, Philadelphia adding Bill Barber and Jim Schoenfield to Buffalo. Jean Beliveau decided to retire rather than accept an offer to play in the WHA. The 41 year old ends his career with 1400 career games and an NHL leading 1598 points. Beliveau won 8 Hart Trophy's as NHL MVP and 6 scoring titles. He also won the Stanley Cup 11 times. Donnie Marshall also has decided to retire at the age of 40 after 1252 career games with the Montreal Canadiens. Marshall had 50 points last season to bring his career total to 931 including 318 goals. He won 9 Stanley Cups during his time in Montreal. The Atlanta Flames begin play with a roster that includes Ken Broderick and Dennis DeJordy in net, Wayne Hillman, Paul Shmyr and Ed Van Impe on the blueline along with forwards Rosaire Paiement. 40 year old Ron Stewart and Bobby Rousseau. The top two players will likely be center Jim Harrison, from Boston, and former Maple Leaf Mike Corrigan. The New York Islanders will rely on goaltender Don McLeod, who is still just 26 years old after having two good seasons in Detroit in 67-68 and 68-69. Keith Magnuson is a nice pick up from Chicago for the blueline where the Isles also have Joe Watson and Carl Brewer. Forwards include ex-Leaf Pete Stemkowski along with Ron Schock and Tim Ecclestone. There is some young talent led by Bob Nystrom, Billy Harris and Gary Howatt. WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TEAMS The WHA rosters are awful as very few players with NHL experience jumped leagues in it's inagural year. The big names, if you can call them that, are: defensemen Dennis Kearns, Bob Murdoch, Sheldon Kannegiesser and Barry Wilkins - all in Winnipeg. New England has defenseman Brent Hughes, who didn't play much but did win a couple of Cups in Chicago, as well as Brian Spencer and Pierre Jarry. Former Bruin Nick Beverley is the leader with the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The Cleveland Crusaders have the league's top goalie in Gilles Gilbert along with forwards Dennis Dupere and Fran Huck. The Alberta Oilers have likely the best team in the league led by defensemen Daryl Edestrand and Ab DeMarco along with forwards Ted Taylor, who played a bit for Boston, ex-North Star Bill Collins, Bobby Sheehan and two of the Bordeleau brothers in Christian and J.P. Their goaltender will be Rocky Farr. REGULAR SEASON Stan Mikita is closing in on a record that has not been challenged since Maurice Richard set the mark in 1943-44. That year the Rocket had a 44 game point streak and the closest anyone had come since then was the 26 game streak Mikita had in 1969-70. However, Mikita has earned a point in each of Chicago's final 38 games this season and has a chance to catch Richard next year. The streak does not take in to account playoff games. Mikita's teammate Bobby Hull is also on a roll, riding a 28 game streak of his own into the end of the season. Hull set a new record for goals in a season with 75, smashing the old mark of 66 he established in 1968-69. Had he not been injured Phil Esposito might have scored more than his linemate, as Espo had 60 goals but missed the final 14 games of the season. Mikita set a new mark for assists with 126 but his 164 points were 5 shy of the record he set in 1968-69. The Black Hawks broke their own record for points established last season by earning 137 points this year. Chicago only lost 4 times in 78 games on the season. Boston followed up it's Cup winning season with another strong year, leading the East Division with 130 points. At the age of 25 defenseman Bobby Orr finally had a breakout season, scoring 122 points - a record for a defenseman. The offensive outburst came after Orr missed the final 23 games of the previous season with an injury. In 493 career games so far, Orr has 135 goals and 506 points. Bobby Hull scored his milestone 600th goal on November 10th as the Chicago Black Hawks blanked Detroit 4-0. Hull beat Detroit goalie Jack Norris for the milestone marker. He finished the season as the NHL's all-time goal scoring leader with 662, surpassing Alex Delvecchio who ended the year with 627. Delvecchio earned his 1000th career assist in a 7-1 Detroit victory over Minnesota on December 9th. In February, Chicago's Stan Mikita picked up his 1000th career asssist in a 7-4 win over Buffalo. The milestone assist came 2 weeks before Mikita played his 1000th career game. By season's end Mikita was the all-time assist leader while Delvecchio still leads in career points with 1653. Frank Mahovlich reached the 500 goal mark with a goal in Toronto's 4-1 win over Los Angeles on February 10th. Long-time Black Hawks defenseman Pierre Pilote played his 1500th career game on March 3rd. Darryl Sittler had a huge game in Toronto's 13-0 win over California in October. The Leaf center had 6 goals and one assist in the contest, finishing 1 goal shy of the record 7 scored by Dickie Moore of Montreal in 1957. Teammate Ron Ellis had 4 goals and 2 assists in the same game. There were some other big single game efforts during the NHL season. Boston's Jean Pronovost had a 3 goal, 5 assist night in October as the Bruins pounded Pittsburgh 11-5. Bobby Hull had a 7 assist night on February 25th when the Black Hawks blanked Atlanta 10-0. Stan Mikita also had 7 points (1G 6A) in the same game while Phil Esposito scored 4 times and added two helpers. The same night Detroit's Johnny Bucyk had 3 goals and 7 points in the Wings 10-2 pounding of St Louis. On the injury front the big news was a shoulder injury in March that ended the season for Chicago's Phil Esposito. With 60 goals in 64 games Esposito was challenging teammate Bobby Hull for the goal scoring record, which Hull would set with 75 goals in 78 games. The Hawks would also lose defenseman Pat Stapleton (23-48-71) for the playoffs with a late season injury. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Boston Bruins 78 63 11 4 130 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 55 14 9 119 Montreal Canadiens 78 52 17 9 113 New York Rangers 78 53 20 5 111 Detroit Red Wings 78 47 22 9 103 Buffalo Sabres 78 25 43 10 60 New York Islanders 78 21 45 12 54 Vancouver Canucks 78 21 52 5 47 WEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 78 63 4 11 137 Philadelphia Flyers 78 36 35 7 79 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 29 45 4 62 Los Angeles Kings 78 24 45 9 57 St Louis Blues 78 21 46 11 53 Atlanta Flames 78 20 47 11 51 Minnesota North Stars 78 18 40 11 47 California Golden Seals 78 9 62 7 25 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Stan Mikita CHI 78 38 126 164 Bobby Hull CHI 78 75 84 159 Johnny Bucyk DET 78 38 85 123 Bobby Orr BOS 78 29 93 122 Norm Ullman NYR 78 34 87 121 Doug Jarrett CHI 76 22 99 121 Derek Sanderson BOS 77 57 63 120 Gary Unger TOR 75 52 61 113 Pete Mahovlich DET 78 34 79 113 Don Marcotte BOS 78 39 67 106 Gil Perreault BUF 78 26 80 106 Phil Esposito CHI 64 60 45 105 Jean Pronovost PIT 77 37 67 104 Bobby Clarke PHI 78 32 70 102 The World Hockey Association had very few marquee names and was by all accounts a minor league. There was huge disparity in this league - even more than in the NHL with it's weak expansion clubs - as the Alberta Oilers lost just 6 games all year while at the other end of the spectrum the Philadelphia Blazers and New York Raiders won just 5 and 4 games respectively. This lack of sucess in the larger markets had to hurt the league's reputation severly. On the ice Ted Taylor became a household name - well at least in Edmonton - as the 31 year old scored a league leading 162 points in 78 games. In parts of 3 seasons with the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins Tayloer had 0 goals and 6 assists in his NHL career which spanned 33 games. While Bobby Hull was smashing the single season goal record in the NHL, Alberta's 24 year old rookie Bobby Sheehan was matching Hull almost goal for goal in the outlaw league. Sheehan would finish with 71 goals despite playing just 64 games due to an injury. Code:
WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS New England Whalers 78 63 10 5 131 Cleveland Crusaders 78 49 23 6 104 Ottawa Nationals 78 42 33 3 87 Quebec Nordiques 78 36 38 4 76 Philaldephia Blazers 78 5 71 2 12 New York Raiders 78 4 72 2 10 WESTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS Alberta Oilers 78 71 6 1 143 Winnipeg Jets 78 49 23 6 104 Minnesota Saints 78 39 30 9 87 Chicago Cougars 78 37 37 4 78 Los Angeles Sharks 78 34 39 5 73 Houston Aeros 78 29 44 5 63 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Ted Taylor ALB 78 67 95 162 Bill Collins ALB 78 65 68 133 Bobby Sheehan ALB 64 71 55 126 Brian Spencer NE 78 58 67 125 Fred Speck NE 78 35 85 120 Christian Bordeleau ALB 50 33 85 118 Tom Martin NE 78 48 68 116 Bob Jones MIN 78 54 59 113 Terry Jones QUE 75 51 62 113 JP Bordeleau ALB 75 37 76 113 Bob Leduc CHI 77 51 59 110 Cal Swenson OTT 78 57 50 107 Rene Drolet QUE 78 40 62 102 Daryl Edestrand ALB 78 22 80 102 PLAYOFFS Despite the absence of the injured Phil Esposito there was no slowing down Chicago's top line in the opening round of the playoff. Bobby Hull had 6 goals and 13 points while Stan Mikita had 12 points as the Hawks swept Los Angeles in 4 games. Cliff Koroll replaced Esposito on that line and had 5 points in the series. Philadelphia swept Pittsburgh in the other West Division series as the Flyers were led by an 8 point series from centre Bobby Clarke. In the East Montreal, led by the goaltending of Tony Esposito, knocked off Toronto in 5 games while the New York Rangers upset top seed Boston in six games. The Rangers got a tremendous series from defenseman Brad Park, who had 9 points, and centre Norm Ullman with 8 points. Cesare Maniago played a big role for New York with a pair of shutouts in the series. Bernie Parent struggled in the Boston cage and Bobby Orr was limited to just 1 goal and 3 points in the 6 games. The semi-finals gave us another Montreal vs Chicago matchup, a pairing that seems to come up almost every year and always provide plenty of entertaining hockey. The other matchup looks like it will give the Rangers their first trip to the finals since 1937 as they face the Philadelphia Flyers. An expansion team has never won a series against an original six club. This would be the year history was made as the Philadelphia Flyers eliminated the Rangers in 5 games. Each game was decided by 1 goal as the gritty Flyers prevailed led by their captain Bobby Clarke and a collection of cast offs including Andre Lacroix, Bill Flett, Lowell MacDonald and Barry Ashbee. The other series also ended in 5 games as the Chicago offense was just too much for Tony Esposito and the Habs. Bobby Hull ended the series with 9 goals and 20 points in 9 playoff games while Stan Mikita had 17 points. STANLEY CUP FINALS The Chicago Black Hawks make their 9th straight appearance in the finals while the Philadelphia Flyers become the first expansion team to get within 4 games of sipping from Lord Stanley's mug. The Hawks enter the series as overwhelming favourites after having finished the regular season with 58 points more than Philadelphia. In the regular season Chicago swept all 6 games from the Flyers by a combined score of 38-11. Philadelphia puts up a solid effort in Game One and has the scored tied 1-1 after 40 minutes but Chicago gets a 3-1 victory thanks to third period goals from Bobby Hull and Terry Caffery. An even tighter contest in Game Two but again Chicago prevails, this time by a 2-1 score as Fred Stanfield gets the winner 17 minutes into overtime. Dennis Hull had the other Chicago goal while Don Saleski replied for the Flyers. Al Smith made 44 saves in the Flyers net. The Hawks go up 3 games with a 5-1 victory in Game Three thanks to Chico Maki's goal and 2 helpers. Bobby Hull, Fred Stanfield, Barry Long and Robin Burns also score for Chicago while Bill Barber gets the lone Flyers goal. Al Smith faced 39 shots this game while Eddie Johnston only had to contend with 17 Flyer shots. Chicago completes the sweep and hoists the Stanley Cup after a 4-3 victory in Game Four. After the Flyers tied the contest in the third period on goals from Bill Flett and Lowell MacDonald, Fred Stanfield dashed their hopes with the series winner at 19:40 of the third period. It was Stanfield's second goal of the game with Barry Long and Dan Maloney also scoring for Chicago. Bobby Clarke had the other Philadelphia goal. Bobby Hull had just 1 assist in Game Four but won the Conn Smythe Trophy for his playoff leading 11 goals and 24 points. Stan Mikita was second in scoring with 20 points followed by the Flyers captain Bobby Clarke with 14 points. Other award winners are: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (78GP 38-126-164) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (53-4-9, 1.66) NORRIS TROPHY: Doug Jarrett Chicago (76GP 22-99-121) ART ROSS TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (78GP 38-126-164) CALDER TROPHY: Billy Harris New York Islanders (78GP 31-34-65) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Bernie Parent Boston D Doug Jarrett Chicago Carol Vadnais Montreal D Bobby Orr Boston Brad Park NY Rangers C Stan Mikita Chicago Derek Sanderson Boston LW Bobby Hull Chicago Johnny Bucyk Detroit RW Phil Esposito Chicago Jean Pronovost Boston As they did all season the Alberta Oilers cruised through the playoffs, winning 12 straight games without a loss as they swept first Quebec, then New England and finally Winnipeg to claim the first Avco Cup. Christian Bordeleau led the way for the Oilers in the post-season scoring 9 goals and a playoff high 23 points. Winnipeg's Duke Harris was second in scoring with 19 points while Bill Collins of the Oilers led in goals with 11. Bordeleau was named the playoff MVP with other awards going to Brian Spencer of New England as rookie of the year, Darryl Edestrand of the Oilers as top defenseman and surprisingly Winnipeg rearguard Dennis Kearns was named league MVP over Ted Taylor.
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1973-74 OFF-SEASON Some movement in the WHA as the Oilers change their name from Alberta to the Edmonton Oilers. The New York Raiders become the New York Golden Blades but look like they will still be awful. The Ottawa Nationals moved to Toronto and are now known as the Toros while the Philadelphia Blazers are packing up their 5 wins in 78 games last year and moving to Vancouver. This is a big year for the Leafs in terms of new players as Borje Salming, Ian Turnbull and Lanny McDonald all arrive. The Islanders get Denis Potvin. Tom Lysiak goes to Atlanta. Montreal adds Bob Gainey and Blaine Stougthon arrives in Pittsburgh. A ton of retirements this year with the main ones being goaltender Glenn Hall and defenseman Pierre Pilote. Hall played one year in Chicago before moving to the Rangers and finished with a 501-752-187 record in 1459 NHL appearances. Pilote won a Hart Trophy and 5 Norris Trophy's with the Black Hawks, playing 1513 games and scoring 1005 career points. He won 5 Stanley Cups and was a 6 time first team all-star. One trade of note as the Black Hawks sent 26 year old winger Cliff Koroll to Los Angeles for 25 year old winger Ernie Hicke. Koroll had 19 goals and 42 points last season in Chicago, his third with the Black Hawks. Hicke played 78 games over 2 seasons with the Kings, scoring 12 times and adding 20 assists. REGULAR SEASON It was a tough year for the Chicago Black Hawks as they lost their top two players for much of the season. Stan Mikita, who's 38 game point streak from last season came to an end in the season opener, broke his elbow in November and was limited to 10 games. Mikita did earn 23 points in the 10 games but will not return until next season. Meanwhile, Bobby Hull suffered a concussion that ended his season in early March. Hull had 43 goals in 61 games and passed the 700 career goal mark just 2 weeks prior to his injury. The third member of the line, Phil Esposito, did stay healthy and led the NHL in goals with 56, 6 more than Yvan Cournoyer of Montreal and the Rangers' Jean Ratelle. The Toronto Maple Leafs led the East Division thanks to another big year from 23 year old centre Darryl Sittler (22-68-90) and the emergence of 22 year old Rick Kehoe (35-44-79) as a goal scoring threat. At the trading deadline the Vancouver Canucks sent Dale Tallon, who was rookie of the year just 3 seasons ago, to Detroit in exchange for journeyman Rene Leclerc. Tallon had just 29 points in 51 games with the Canucks this season and was sent to the minors by Detroit. Detroit centre Pete Mahovlich had a huge game against Pittsburgh in December, scoring 4 times and adding 4 asssits as the Red Wings hammered the pitiful Penguins 9-3. The 8 points are one shy of the single game record set by Carl Liscombe and equalled by Yvan Cournoyer. In the same game, Mahovlich's linemate Johnny Bucyk, who would lead the league in scoring this season, had a goal and 6 assists. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EAST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Toronto Maple Leafs 78 56 12 10 122 New York Rangers 78 53 14 11 117 Montreal Canadiens 78 55 18 5 115 Detroit Red Wings 78 50 16 12 112 Boston Bruins 78 48 20 10 106 Buffalo Sabres 78 34 36 8 76 Vancouver Canucks 78 23 47 8 54 New York Islanders 78 21 45 12 54 WEST DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 78 54 14 10 118 Philadelphia Flyers 78 32 32 14 78 Los Angeles Kings 78 25 44 9 59 California Golden Seals 78 22 45 11 55 St Louis Blues 78 21 47 10 52 Minnesota North Stars 78 19 46 13 51 Atlanta Flames 78 21 52 5 47 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 9 55 14 32 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Johnny Bucyk DET 78 39 84 123 Don Marcotte BOS 78 46 63 109 Pete Mahovlich DET 78 41 67 108 Bobby Hull CHI 61 43 64 107 Phil Esposito CHI 78 56 49 105 Bobby Orr BOS 72 28 77 105 Yvan Cournoyer MON 78 48 56 104 Marcel Dionne DET 78 43 61 104 Guy Lafleur MON 76 26 74 100 Jean Ratelle NYR 78 48 44 92 Jean Pronovost BOS 69 34 57 91 Darryl Sittler TOR 77 22 68 90 WHA REGULAR SEASON The biggest addition to the league this season is 26 year old Guy Lapointe's decision to sign with the Edmonton Oilers. Lapointe spent the past 8 years in the Montreal organization but played in just 12 NHL games during that time. The Oilers did deal centre Bobby Sheehan, who led the league with 71 goals last year, to Winnipeg. Sheehan responded by winning the league scoring title with 60 goals and 140 points. Even without Sheehan the Oilers still led the league in goals scored by a wide margin and dominated the standings for the second straight year. The rest of the league was fairly close with the exception of three awful teams in Los Angeles, Vancouver and New York, which combined to go 20-210-3 over the course of the season. Edmonton's Christian Bordeleau set a WHA record with 8 points including 3 goals in the Oilers 16-3 pounding of the Los Angeles Sharks on March 12th. Chicago Cougars forward Steve Cuddie set the single game goal record with 5 on December 1st when the Cougars beat the Sharks 14-1. Code:
WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Cougars 78 58 19 1 117 New England Whalers 78 55 19 4 114 Quebec Nordiques 78 49 27 2 100 Cleveland Crusaders 78 41 34 3 85 Toronto Toros 78 30 47 1 61 New York Golden Blades 78 8 70 0 16 WESTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS Edmonton Oilers 78 67 10 1 135 Winnipeg Jets 78 60 15 3 123 Houston Aeros 78 38 37 3 79 Minn. Fighting Saints 78 38 38 2 78 Los Angeles Sharks 78 6 70 2 14 Philaldephia Blazers 78 6 70 2 14 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Bobby Sheehan WPG 78 60 80 140 Christian Bordeleau EDM 67 42 95 137 Bill Collins EDM 78 68 65 133 Guy Lapointe EDM 78 24 106 130 Gerry O"Flaherty QUE 73 49 77 126 J Bob Kelly EDM 74 60 64 124 Garth Rizzuto HOU 78 35 82 117 Frank Spring HOU 78 50 66 116 John French MIN 78 34 82 116 Terry Jones QUE 66 52 63 115 Ted Taylor EDM 78 50 64 114 Mike Byers QUE 78 43 71 114 PLAYOFFS Toronto and Los Angeles both advanced to the semi-finals with easy 4 game sweeps in the quarters. The Leafs had no trouble at all with Detroit while Los Angeles swept Philadelphia a year after the Flyers became the first expansion team to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. With no Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull the Chicago Black Hawks struggled but in the end still had more than enough offense to eliminate the California Golden Seals in 6 games. The other series, between the New York Rangers and Montreal went the full seven games. The Rangers got back to back 3-0 shutout wins in Game Six and Seven thanks to the goaltending of Cesare Maniago. Like the quarterfinals, the Toronto Maple Leafs had an easy time in semis as they swept the Los Angeles Kings in 4 games. While young Leafs Darryl Sittler and Rick Kehoe were the offensive catalysts in the regular season it was veterans Bob Nevin and Dave Keon who carried the torch in the playoffs. Nevin had a particularily strong start to the playoffs with 12 points thru 8 games. The New York Rangers won the other semi-final series as the absence of Mikita and Hull was too much for Chicago to overcome. Cesare Maniago continue his outstanding play in the Ranger net while 26 year old forward Syl Apps led all playoff performers through 2 rounds with 13 ppints including 5 goals as New York put an end to Chicago's 9 year run of making the finals. STANLEY CUP FINALS Toronto is tied with Montreal for the most Cup wins with 18 but the Leafs have not lifted the Cup since 1965, the longest drought in franchise history. The Rangers won their only Cup back in 1928, before the sim began, and have not even been to the finals since 1937, when they lost for the third time in 4 years to Toronto. The Leafs suffered a blow early in Game One when they lost Rick Kehoe for the series with an injury. In 9 games Kehoe had 2 goals and 6 assists. The opening game needed overtime to declare a winner and it was the visiting Rangers who won 2-1 thanks to a Jean Ratelle goal. Ratelle also assisted on Norm Ullman's second period goal while Mike Walton had the Leaf marker. Toronto rebounded with a 3-1 victory in Game Two as Bob Nevin scored once and assisted on the other 2 Leafs goals. Garry Unger and Errol Thompson also scored for Toronto while Rod Gilbert was the Rangers marksman. On Broadway for Game Three the Rangers impressed the home crowd with a convincing 4-1 victory, outshooting the Leafs 36-14 in the process. Jean Ratelle had 2 goals and assisted on the other 2, both scored by Rod Gilbert. Third period goals from Nevin and Unger allowed the Leafs to even the series with a 3-2 victory in Game Four. After Darryl Sittler scored to give the Leafs the lead in the first period Ullman and Ratelle each scored with the other drawing the assist in the second stanza. The most lobsided game of the series so far as the Leafs score a 7-2 victory at Maple Leafs Gardens. Bruce MacGregor had a goal and 3 assists for Toronto while Unger and Nevin each scored once and had a pair of helpers. Cesare Maniago, who has had a pretty good playoff so far, was chased in the second period after allowing 6 goals on 21 shots. The Rangers force a 7th game with a 4-1 victory in Game Six. Brad Park scored twice for the Blueshirts with Larry Hillman and Don Luce getting the other New York goals. Maniago had a big bounce back game, stopping 20 shots with Mike Walton being the only Leaf to beat him with a goal midway through the third period. Toronto opens a 3-0 lead after 2 periods on home ice as Unger gets 2 goals and Errol Thompson scores once. However, the Rangers take over in the third as Walt Tkaczuk scores in the opening minute and Bill Fairbairn cuts the Leaf lead to 1 with 11 minutes to play. Rod Gilbert would tie the game 2 minutes later and a minute and a half after that the Rangers would take the lead on Tkaczuk's second of the game. That would end the scoring and the Rangers would win the Cup with a 4-3 victory in Game Seven. Brad Park assisted on 3 goals in the final game and finish with 18 points in the playoffs, and was rewarded with the Conn Smythe Trophy. Park finished 1 point out of the playoff scoring lead which was a three-way tie between Jean Ratelle and Norm Ullman of the Rangers and Toronto's Bob Nevin. Other award winners are: HART TROPHY: Bobby Clarke Philadelphia (78GP 20-56-76) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (49-11-8, 1.94) NORRIS TROPHY: Serge Savard (78GP 19-38-57) ART ROSS TROPHY: Johnny Bucyk Detroit (78GP 39-84-123) CALDER TROPHY: Tom Lysiak Atlanta (78GP 25-50-75) Some real questionable choices this season as I have no idea how Clarke won the Hart and Savard was selected for the Norris. To me, Clarke was about the 5th best centre and Savard did not make either the first or second team as an all-star. 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POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Doug Favell Buffalo D Brad Park NY Rangers Carol Vadnais Montreal D Bobby Orr Boston Pat Stapleton Chicago C Pete Mahovlich Detroit Guy Lafleur Montreal LW Johnny Bucyk Detroit Don Marcotte Boston RW Phil Esposito Chicago Yvan Cournoyer Montreal The Oilers win their second straight Avco Cup as the sweep Minnesota, beat the Chicago Cougars in a tight 7 game series and then top New England in 5 games in the finals. The Whalers beat Cleveland in the other semi-final after the Crusaders won a tough 7 game series from favoured Winnipeg and the Whalers took Quebec in 4 straight. Christian Bordeleau of Edmonton led all playoff scorers with 27 points while teammate Guy Lapointe finished second with 20 points. New England's Pierre Jarry was the top goal scorer with 10. Lapointe was named playoff MVP and also earned the regular season MVP award after scoring 24 goals and 130 points in 78 regular season games. Lapointe rounded out his haul of awards by being named the league's top defenseman.
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nice job Tiger Fan....fun read!
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1974-75 OFF-SEASON Alex Delvecchio announces his retirement after 1716 NHL games and 1727 career points which places his number 1 all time in each of those categories as well as career assists with 1082. His 24 year career was highlighted with 2 Stanley Cups, 3 Art Ross Trophy's and 5 first team all-star selections. New York Ranger Rod Gilbert surprised the hockey world by announcing his retirement at the age of 32. Gilbert won his first Stanley Cup title this past season, picking up 13 points in 19 playoff games after earning 61 points, including 29 goals, during the year. In 981 career games, Gilbert has 332 goals and 761 points. The NHL expands by two more teams as the Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts join the fold. The WHA also has expansion as the Indianapolis Racers and Phoenix Roadrunners join the league. Meanwhile the Los Angeles Sharks move to Detroit and are renamed the Michigan Stags while the New York Golden Blades head west to San Diego where they will be known as the Mariners. Among the newcomers to pro hockey this year are Mike Palmateer and Tiger Williams with Toronto, Danny Gare to Buffalo, Clark Gillies with the Islanders, Pierre Larouche to Pittsburgh and Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg to Phoenix. Not sure why they debut with Phoenix instead of Winnipeg. The expansion draft looked to be pretty kind to the Kansas City Scouts as included in their picks are veterans Jacques Laperriere, Frank Mahovlich and Bruce MacGregor plus decent talent in Gregg Sheppard, Ross Lonsberry and Tom Webster. Goaltending might be a concern as the Scouts only get Gary Kurt in the draft. The Capitals go for younger talent and have some offense in Gerry Meehan, Walt McKechnie, Serge Bernier and Chuck Lefley but overall I think the Scouts are in much better shape coming out of the draft. REGULAR SEASON With expansion ballooning the league to 18 teams the old East-West Division format was replaced by a new setup with 4 divisions of 4 teams each. The Chicago Black Hawks once again finished with the best record in the league and tied their own record for points in a season with 135, although the scheduled was extended to 80 games this year so they played two more than the 71-72 club that originally established the mark. Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull continue to be the heart of the Hawks offense. The now 34 year old Mikita won yet another scoring title, his 7th, as he finished with 167 points and tied his career high in goals with 53. Hull scored 46 goals to increase his total as career goal scoring leader to 751, which puts him 106 ahead of the now-retired Alex Delvecchio, who sits second in career goals. Hull also moved to within 10 of Delvecchio's NHL record for career points of 1727. The highlight to Hull's season was an 8 point night, including 3 goals in a 12-3 pounding of Kansas City in January. Hull would also have a 5 goal game against Minnesota in February. The biggest individual game accomplishment came on February 7th when Philadelphia teammates Bobby Clarke and Bill Barber each had 11 points in the Flyers 13-0 thumping of Minnesota. Barber established a new record for goals in a game with 8 while Clarke set the single game assist mark with 10. The previous record for points in a game was 9 set by Yvan Cournoyer of Montreal in 1968. The old goal record was 7 scored by Dickie Moore of Montreal in a 1957 game. Detroit's Johnny Bucyk recorded his 1200th career point during the season. The 39 year old ended the season with 1213 points, good for 7th all-time. Code:
TOP 10 CAREER POINTS NAME TEAM PTS GP Alex Delvecchio Det 1727 1716 Bobby Hull* CHI 1717 1232 Stan Mikita* CHI 1648 1112 Jean Beliveau MON 1598 1400 Norm Ullman* NYR 1386 1389 Ted Lindsay DET 1243 1418 Johnny Bucyk* DET 1213 1320 Maurice Richard MON 1173 1062 Frank Mahovlich* TOR/KC 1117 1138 Gordie Howe DET 1107 1414 *indicates active Rangers defenseman Brad Park set a record for rearguards with 135 points this season. The 26 year old had 39 goals and 96 assists while playing in all 80 games. The old mark of 122, set by Bobby Orr, lasted just two years. Orr had 107 points in 74 games for Boston this season. Speaking of the Rangers, centre Jean Ratelle came close to a record for goals in a season. The 34 year old had 69 goals, 6 shy of Bobby Hull's record 75 in 1972-73. Bill Barber of Philadelphia and Chicago's Phil Esposito also reached the 60 goal plateau this season with each ending up with 62 goals on the year. Code:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ADAMS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Toronto Maple Leafs 80 53 23 4 110 Boston Bruins 80 51 21 8 110 Buffalo Sabres 80 27 43 10 64 California Golden Seals 80 16 55 9 41 NORRIS DIVISION GP W L T PTS Montreal Canadiens 80 57 14 9 123 Detroit Red Wings 80 48 27 5 101 Washington Capitals 80 29 45 6 64 Pittsburgh Penguins 80 27 47 6 60 Los Angeles Kings 80 23 49 8 54 PATRICK DIVISION GP W L T PTS New York Rangers 80 56 12 12 124 Philadelphia Flyers 80 53 17 10 116 New York Islanders 80 21 50 9 51 Atlanta Flames 80 17 56 7 41 SMYTHE DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Black Hawks 80 61 6 13 135 Vancouver Canucks 80 34 31 15 83 St Louis Blues 80 29 40 11 69 Kansas City Scouts 80 21 48 11 53 Minnesota North Stars 80 16 51 9 41 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Stan Mikita CHI 79 53 114 167 Bobby Clarke PHI 80 42 104 146 Brad Park NYR 80 39 96 135 Jean Ratelle NYR 80 69 62 131 Bobby Hull CHI 74 46 81 127 Norm Ullman NYR 71 40 82 122 Bill Barber PHI 76 62 57 119 Phil Esposito CHI 80 62 57 119 Guy Lafleur MON 80 40 75 115 Marcel Dionne DET 80 41 73 114 Johnny Bucyk DET 80 39 73 112 Bobby Orr BOS 74 29 78 107 Garry Unger TOR 78 48 50 98 Jean Pronovost BOS 77 33 63 96 Don Marcotte BOS 70 38 54 92 WHA REGULAR SEASON The league moved to a 3 division format with the addition of the two expansion teams. One of which, the Phoenix Roadrunners, emerged as the class of the Western Division thanks to their Swedish imports Ulf Nilson (51-90-149) and Anders Hedberg (44-58-102). The top team in the regular season remained the two-time Avco Cup champion Edmonton Oilers, losers of just 7 games this season. The Oilers were led by a top line of Larry Pleau (50-80-130) between Bill Collins (61-41-102) and J Bob Kelly (60-79-139) but their biggest star was defenseman Guy Lapointe (23-106-129) who set a single season WHA record for assists. 24 year old Duane Wylie (44-102-146) set a WHA record with a 28 game point streak. The Chicago Cougars forward is in his second WHA season. Later in the season Christian Bordeleau (37-71-108) of Edmonton would have a 26 game point streak. Code:
WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION EASTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS Chicago Cougars 78 59 14 5 123 New England Whalers 78 54 22 2 110 Cleveland Crusaders 78 33 37 8 74 Indianapolis Racers 78 30 44 4 64 WESTERN DIVISION GP W L T PTS Phoenix Roadrunners 78 55 22 1 111 Minn. Fighting Saints 78 37 31 10 84 Houston Aeros 78 31 43 4 66 San Diego Mariners 78 22 49 7 51 Michigan Stags 78 16 57 5 37 CANADIAN DIVISION GP W L T PTS Edmonton Oilers 78 69 7 2 140 Winnipeg Jets 78 46 27 5 97 Quebec Nordiques 78 44 30 4 92 Toronto Toros 78 31 43 4 66 Vancouver Blazers 78 4 71 3 11 SCORING LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Dave Hudson NE 77 66 91 157 Ulf Nilsson PHX 71 59 90 149 Duane Wylie CHI 78 44 102 146 J Bob Kelly EDM 74 60 79 139 Terry Jones QUE 75 69 61 130 Larry Pleu EDM 78 50 80 130 Guy Lapointe EDM 78 23 106 129 Rob Walton MIN 78 43 81 124 Pierre Jarry NE 78 44 79 123 Hugh Harvey CHI 78 55 60 115 Gerry O'Flaherty QUE 62 46 69 115 PLAYOFFS With the increased teams the NHL added an extra round of playoffs in what would be a best of three preliminary round series. The results of that were as follows: Vancouver 2-0 over St Louis Philadelphia 2-1 over Pittsburgh Boston 2-1 over Buffalo Detroit 2-0 over Washington Chicago, Toronto, Montreal and the New York Rangers would earn a first round bye and each of those teams would advance through to the semi-finals. The Rangers had the only tough test as they needed the full seven games to beat Detroit. Montreal beat Boston in 6 games as did Toronto over the Flyers. The Black Hawks swept Vancouver 4 straight. The semi-finals would pit Chicago against Montreal while the Leafs would take on the Rangers in a rematch of last season's Cup finals. Steve Shutt would score a hat trick in game one but after Montreal took the opener the Black Hawks charged back with 4 straight victories. The Rangers would split the first 4 games with Toronto as each team alternated winning before the Rangers closed out the series with wins in Games Five and Six. STANLEY CUP FINALS The New York Rangers will attempt to defend their Stanley Cup title against Chicago in the finals - a series that features the top two teams from the regular season. Jean Ratelle is on a roll for New York heading into the finals, leading all playoff performers with 12 goals and 19 points in 13 games. Stan Mikita is second in playoff scoring with 18 points, but Mikita's Hawks have only played 9 games. The Hawks return to the finals after a one year absence but Chicago is no stranger to Stanley Cup pressure, having been in the final series 9 straight years prior to last season, with 5 titles to show for it. Chicago wins the opener 5-3 as Chico Maki and rookie Yvon Lambert each have a goal and an assist to lead the Black Hawks offense. Eddie Johnston was not sharp in the Chicago net, but he only had to face 17 Ranger shots which included a pair of goals from defenseman Larry Hillman. The Rangers are outshot 32-24 in Game Two but even the series with a 3-2 victory. New York gets three goals in the second period from Norm Ullman, Rick Middleton and Steve Durbano. Dan Maloney and Doug Jarrett were the only Chicago players to beat Rangers goaltender Cesare Maniago. The series shifts to New York for Game Three but it is the visitors that earn the victory as Johnston makes 17 saves in a 3-0 shutout win. Phil Esposito has a goal and an assist for Chicago with Chico Maki and Barry Long also scoring. Mikita had 2 helpers. The Rangers decide to replace Maniago with backup Jim Rutherford and the 26 year old has a brilliant game, making 37 saves as the Rangers even the series with a 2-1 victory in overtime. Bobby Hull of Chicago and New York's Bill Fairbairn each score within the first 8 minutes of the game and then there is nothing in the way of celebrations until little used Larry Sacharuk, with 5 career regular season goals in 85 games, scores 18 minutes into overtime to lift the Rangers to the win. Maniago is back in the net for the Rangers and he earns a 25 save shutout as New York wins a laugher 7-0. Eddie Johnston is chased from the Chicago cage midway through the second period after he allowed 5 goals on 20 shots. Bill Fairbairn and Larry Hillman each score twice for New York while Don Luce gets 3 assists. Fans jan Madison Square Garden looking to see the Stanley Cup and the Rangers do not disappoint them, chasing Johnston for the second straight night and winning 7-5. Jean Ratelle is the hero of the deciding game with 2 goals and 3 assists. Ratelle finishes the post-season with a league leading 14 goals and 26 points in 19 games. Chicago's Stan Mikita finishes second with 21 points. Ratelle is presented with the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP as the Rangers win the Cup for the second straight season. Other big performers for New York are Norm Ullman (5-13-18), Brad Park (2-15-17), Walt Tkaczuk (6-10-16) and Juha Widing (6-9-15). Other award winners are: HART TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (79GP 53 114 167) VEZINA TROPHY: Eddie Johnston Chicago (49-4-13, 1.97) NORRIS TROPHY: Brad Park New York Rangers (80GP 39-96-135) ART ROSS TROPHY: Stan Mikita Chicago (79GP 53 114 167) CALDER TROPHY: Danny Gare Buffalo (75GP 27-28-55) The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars Code:
POS FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM G Eddie Johnston Chicago Roy Edwards Detroit D Brad Park NY Rangers J Guevremont Vancouver D Bobby Orr Boston Pat Stapleton Chicago C Stan Mikita Chicago Jean Ratelle NY Rangers LW Bobby Hull Chicago Norm Ullman NY Rangers RW Bill Barber Philadelphia Marcel Dionne Detroit The Oilers win their third straight Avco Cup and they do it without losing a game in the playoffs, sweeping Cleveland, Chicago and then New England in the finals. The Whalers knocked off the surprising Phoenix Roadrunners, led by European imports Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg, in a 5 game semi-final. Guy Lapointe cleaned up at the awards banquet once again as he captured his second straight playoff MVP and regular season MVP awards as well as being named the league's best defenseman. Lapointe led the league in assists during the season with 106 while tallying 129 points. He had 16 points in 12 playoff games. Chicago Cougars netminder Wayne Thomas (44-12-3, 2.44) was named the league's top goaltender. It was Thomas' second year with the Cougars after playing 7 NHL games with the New York Islanders. With 149 points in 71 games, Phoenix Roadrunner Ulf Nilsson, 25, was named the rookie of the year in the WHA.
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