Brian Propp – Brandon Wheat Kings
Brian
Propp of the Brandon Wheat Kings was the first WHL player to
score seven in a game. On January 25, 1977 Propp scored just over
half of his team’s goals as they defeated the Portland Winter Hawks
12-6.
Brian was in his first of three seasons
with the Wheat Kings. He scored 55 goals that season, then went on to
have seasons of 70 and 94 goals. Propp was the fourteenth overall
pick of the Philadelphia Flyers in 1979. His NHL career consisted of
over 1,000 regular season games between 1979-80 and 1993-94 with the
Flyers, Boston Bruins, Minnesota North Stars and Hartford Whalers.
Ray Ferraro – Brandon Wheat Kings
Ray
Ferraro was the next to score seven in a game. Ferraro also
played for the Brandon Wheat Kings and scored his seven on January 5,
1984 as the Wheat Kings downed the Prince Albert Raiders 15-4. That
year, Ray set the current WHL record for most points in a single
season with an incredible 108. Despite the performance in the that
1983-84 season, Ray was denied the CHL
Player of the Year honours because of a guy called Mario
Lemieux playing in the QMJHL.
Ferraro was a fifth round pick of the
Hartford Whalers in 1982, before he’d played a game in the WHL. He
proceeded to play 1,258 regular season games in the NHL between
1984-85 and 2001-02 with the Whalers, New York Islanders, New
York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers and St. Louis
Blues.
Mark Mackay – Moose Jaw Warriors
The following season, Mark
Mackay of the Moose Jaw Warriors scored seven on December 19,
1984 as the Warriors downed the Wheat Kings 12-3. 1984-85 was
Mackay’s only year in the WHL. He scored 66 goals and assisted on
74 for 140 points in 71 games. Mark was awarded the Jim Piggott
Trophy as WHL rookie of the year. The following season, Mackay was in
Germany where he played out his professional hockey career.
Dennis Holland – Portland Winterhawks
Dennis
Holland of the Portland
Winterhawks scored seven on November 23, 1988 as the Winterhawks downed the Kamloops Blazers 10-5. 1988-89 was the fourth of
four seasons Holland spent with Portland. He finished the season with
82 goals and 167 points in 69 games and led the WHL in goal scoring
and points, earning the Bob
Clarke Trophy. He averaged over two points per game during his
WHL career with 429 in 209.
Dennis was a third round pick of the
Detroit Red Wings in 1987 but never played in the NHL. He wrapped up
his pro hockey career after the 1997-98 season after stints in the
AHL, IHL, ECHL and three seasons in Germany.
Kimbi Daniels – Swift Current Broncos
Kimbi
Daniels was the last, and most impressive, of the seven goal
club. Daniels scored all seven goals for the Swift Current Broncos on
October 2, 1990 as the Broncos beat the Medicine Hat Tigers 7-4. It
was the third of five seasons in the WHL for Kimbi and he totalled 54
goals on the year.
The Philadelphia Flyers picked up
Daniels in the third round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He played 27
games with the Flyers, all while he was still a junior in the WHL. He
never caught on in the NHL but did play 500 games in the ECHL,
contributing 504 points.
