5 Vancouver Canucks With 100 Point Seasons

The Vancouver Canucks entered the National Hockey League for the 1970-71 season, along with the Buffalo Sabres. In their first NHL amateur draft, the Sabres went for offense, selecting Gilbert Perreault and the Canucks went the defensive route picking Dale Tallon. Since 1970, the Canucks have continued with a low key offense. Just five different players have crossed the 100 point line in a season with one player doing it twice. The team’s single season individual record for points is a paltry 112.

Pavel Bure

Pavel Bure was the first of the Vancouver Canucks to finish a regular season with more than 100 points. He is also the only Vancouver player, to date, to do it twice. In 1992-93, just his second year in the league, Bure scored 60 and assisted on 50 for 110 points in 83 games. The following season, he scored 60 again and assisted on 47 for 107 points in 76 games.

Vancouver’s sixth round pick at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, Bure didn’t finish in the top 10 for points in 1992-93 but placed fifth in 1993-94. His 60 goals in 1993-94 led the league. Pavel played with Vancouver from 1991-92 to 1997-98, earning the Calder Trophy in his first year as NHL rookie of the year. He played in the NHL until 2002-03 with the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers. Twice with Florida, he led the league in goals, earning the Rocket Richard Trophy.

Alexander Mogilny

Alexander Mogilny reached 107 points in 1995-96 on 55 goals and 52 assists in 79 games. The point total tied him for ninth and the 55 goals placed him third. This was a far cry from the 76 goals and 127 points he accumulated with the Buffalo Sabres in 1992-93.

Mogilny played for the Canucks from 1995-96 to 1999-00. He was originally a fifth round pick of the Buffalo Sabres in 1988. Alex played in the NHL from 1989-90 to 2005-06 with the Sabres, Canucks, New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Markus Naslund

Markus Naslund totalled 104 points in 2002-03 on 48 goals and 56 assists in 82 games. A sign of the lack of offensive during the early part of the decade, Naslund finished just two points behind Peter Forsberg of the Colorado Avalanche in the race for the Art Ross Trophy. His 48 goals were two behind the league leader, Milan Hejduk, also of the Avalanche.

Markus was originally a draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, taken 16^th overall in 1991. He played for Vancouver from 1995-96 to 2007-08 and in the NHL from 1993-94 to 2008-09, also appearing for the Penguins and New York Rangers.

Henrik Sedin

Henrik Sedin led the NHL in 2009-10 with 112 points, earning the Art Ross Trophy. The 112 points also topped Pavel Bure’s team record of 110 set in 1992-93. Henrik scored 29 goals and assisted on 83 in 82 regular season games for the Canucks. He finished three points ahead of both Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Henrik was the third overall pick at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, going to Vancouver. He has played in the NHL since 2000-01 and is still currently active. His entire career to date has been spent with the Canucks.

Daniel Sedin

Daniel Sedin followed up his brother in 2010-11 with an Art Ross Trophy victory of his own. Sedin finished the year with 104 points on 41 goals and 63 assists in 82 games. Daniel was the only player in the NHL in 2010-11 to surpass the 100 point plateau. Sedin was taken second overall by the Canucks in 1999, one position ahead of his brother. He has been with the Canucks since 2000-01.

 

Buffalo Sabres by the Numbers

The Buffalo Sabres, the most consistent National Hockey League team in the Toronto Region over the past 40 years, has enjoyed a storied history in a professional ‘small market’. Although the team has never taken home the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup, every new year is a possibility with the product the Sabres put on the ice. Take a glance at the history of the Buffalo Sabres, by the numbers.

1 Hart Memorial Trophy winner. He did it twice. Goaltender Dominek Hasek won the Hart as the NHL’s most valuable player in two consecutive seasons, 1996-97 and 1997-98.

2 Trips to the Stanley Cup finals. Although they’ve yet to take home the hardware, the Sabres have been to the dance twice in their history. In 1974-75, just Buffalo’s fifth year in the NHL, the Sabres faced off against the Philadelphia Flyers in the finals. The Broad Street Bullies won the series in six games for their second consecutive Stanley Cup.

3 Hat Tricks by Eddie Shack in 1970-71. ‘The Entertainer’ was traded from the Los Angeles Kings eleven games into Buffalo’s inaugural season. Shack scored 25 goals for the Sabres that season, 36% of which came in just three games. Eddie’s stay in Buffalo was short. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins midway through the following season.

6 retired jersey numbers hang from the rafters at the First Niagara Center. The Buffalo Sabres retired numbers include: 2 – Tim Horton; 7 – Rick Martin; 11 – Gilbert Perreault; 14 – Rene Robert; 16 – Pat Lafontaine; 18 – Danny Gare.

8 players that have donned a Buffalo Sabres jersey at some point during their NHL career are now enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. These players include: Dick Duff, Grant Fuhr, Clark Gillies, Tim Horton, Gilbert Perreault, Dale Hawerchuk, Pat Lafontaine and Doug Gilmour.

53 wins represents Buffalo’s best season in that particular category. The Sabres won 53 in 2006-07. It was the second time the team had reached the 50 win plateau after winning 52 the year before.

76 goals for Alexander Mogilny in 1992-93 remains a team single season record. The total is the fifth highest in NHL history and Mogilny is one of just eight players to reach 70 goals and beyond. Alex played for Buffalo from 1988-89 to 1994-95.

148 points by Pat Lafontaine in 1992-93 is not only a Sabres team record but the highest point total ever produced by an American born player.

512 goals were scored by Gilbert Perreault during his career with the Sabres. This total leaves Perreault at the top of Buffalo’s all-time list and the same can be said for games played, assists and points. Gil is placed 37^th all-time in the NHL for career goals scored and is one of just 41 players to reach the 500 goal plateau.

1970 was the year that saw the Buffalo Sabres play their first National Hockey League game. The team visited Pittsburgh for the first game of the 1970-71 season and walked away with a 2-1 victory over the Penguins. Buffalo entered the league that season, along with the Vancouver Canucks.

 

Buffalo Sabres Players With 100 Points in a Single Season

The Buffalo Sabres came into the National Hockey League for the 1970-71 season along with the Vancouver Canucks, expanding the league to fourteen teams. The Sabres made an immediate splash by selecting GilbertPerreault first overall at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. Perreault would lead the team for close to two decades. What follows are the five Buffalo Sabres players that have achieved the 100 point plateau in a single season.

Rene Robert

Rene Robert was the first Buffalo player to total 100 points in a season. In 1974-75, Robert scored 40 goals and assisted on 60 for exactly 100 points in 74 games. Rene finished seventh in the race for the Art Ross Trophy. It was Robert’s fourth of eight seasons with the Sabres. He played in the NHL from 1970-71 to 1981-82 with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo and the Colorado Rockies. It was the only time Robert achieved the 100 point plateau during his NHL career.

Gilbert Perreault

Gilbert Perreault was the next player to accomplish the feat. He had 113 points in 1975-76 and 106 points in 1979-80. In the first year, he scored 44 goals and assisted on 69 in 80 games, finishing third in the league.  In 1979-80, he finished with 106 points on 40 goals and 66 assists in 80 games, landing in fourth spot in the league.

Perreault was the first overall pick in 1970. He played seventeen seasons with the Sabres from 1970-71 to 1986-87. Buffalo was the only National Hockey League team Gilbert would ever play for.

Pierre Turgeon

Pierre Turgeon totalled 106 points in 1989-90 on 40 goals and 66 assists in 80 games, identical numbers to Gilbert Perreault in 1979-80. Turgeon finished seventh in the NHL in what was his third of five seasons with the Sabres. Like Perreault, Turgeon was the first overall pick of the Sabres at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.

Pierre played in the NHL from 1987-88 to 2006-07. His performance in 1989-90 was his first of two 100 points seasons in the NHL. In 1992-93, he accumulated 132 with the New York Islanders.

Alexander Mogilny

Alexander Mogilny reached 127 points in 1992-93, largely due to his incredible 76 goal performance. Mogilny added 51 assists in 77 regular season games to finish seventh in the race for the Art Ross Trophy. It was Alex’s fourth of six years with the Sabres after being a fifth round pick of the club in 1988.

Mogilny played in the NHL from 1989-90 to 2005-06 with the Sabres, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils. 1992-93 was his first of two 100 point seasons. He totalled 107 with the Canucks in 1995-96.

Pat Lafontaine

Pat Lafontaine was also a 100+ point man in 1992-93 for the Sabres. Lafontaine set the current Buffalo record for points in a season with 148 on 53 goals and 95 assists in 84 games. He finished second in the NHL, twelve points behind Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was his second of six seasons with the Sabres. Originally, he was the third overall pick of the New York Islanders at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

For Lafontaine, it was his second of two 100+ points seasons. He reached 105 with the Islanders in 1989-90. Pat played in the National Hockey League from 1983-84 to 1997-98 with the Islanders, Sabres and New York Rangers. In his final year of junior hockey , 1982-83, with Verdun of the QMJHL, Pat scored an incredible 104 goals and assisted on another 130 assists for 234 points in 70 games.