Showing posts with label phil esposito. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phil esposito. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Wayne Connelly’s Hat Trick Leads North Stars to First-Ever Win Over Canadiens

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On March 4, 1968, the Minnesota North Stars hosted the Montreal Canadiens at the Metropolitan Sports Center for their final meeting of the ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Don Marcotte Lights Up Christmas Day 1970 With Two Shorties and the Game Winner

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On December 25, 1970, the Pittsburgh Penguins visited the Boston Garden for a rare Christmas Day NHL matchup against the powerhouse Boston ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Bill Clement Leads Atlanta Flames Past Rangers on New Year’s Eve 1976

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On December 31, 1976, the Atlanta Flames rang in the New Year in style at Madison Square Garden with a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers. Th...
Friday, September 19, 2025

Gilles Villemure Turns Away All 15 Phil Esposito Shots In 1972 Bruins-Rangers Clash

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On December 14, 1972 , the New York Rangers visited the Boston Garden in a showdown that featured two of the NHL’s biggest names: Phil Espos...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Derek Sanderson’s 6-Point Explosion vs Toronto Previews 1969 Playoffs

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On March 16, 1969, the Boston Bruins sent a loud and clear message to their upcoming playoff opponents, the Toronto Maple Leafs. After fall...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Gerry Cheevers’ 40-Save Shutout And Wild Brawl Highlight Boston's 10-0 Playoff Win

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On April 2, 1969, the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs opened their playoff series with one of the wildest games in Stanley Cup histor...
Monday, September 1, 2025

John McKenzie Fires Up Boston Garden With Hat Trick And Fight (1970)

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On December 20, 1970, the Boston Garden crowd was treated to a classic Johnny McKenzie performance. Known for his grit and scoring touch, M...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Esposito, Hull, Howe: The Race to the NHL’s First 100-Point Season

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Before 1968-69, no NHL player had ever scored 100 points in a single season. The closest came in the mid-60s: Bobby Hull with 97 points in ...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Ken Hodge’s 6 Assist Game Still a Boston Bruins Record

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On February 9, 1971, Ken Hodge turned playmaker and carved his name into Boston Bruins history with a record-setting performance that still...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Phil Esposito as a New York Ranger

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Phil Esposito is best known for his time in the NHL with the Boston Bruins but he had some productive years with the New York Rangers at th...
Friday, October 3, 2014

Top 5 NHL Goal Scorers In 1968-69

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In 1968-69, Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks set a National Hockey League record that would last for just two seasons. Hull scored...
Monday, July 21, 2014

NHL Hockey Trivia: Tony and Phil Esposito

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Phil and Tony Esposito are two brothers that played in the National Hockey League in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. Both are members of ...
Monday, June 2, 2014

New York Rangers vs. Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup Playoff History

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The New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings will meet in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in NHL history. The Rangers entered th...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Evolution Of The NHL Scoring Record

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Wayne Gretzky’s record for most points in a single National Hockey League season has stood for nearly three decades. Some say it’s unbre...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

NHL Hockey Trivia: Johnny Bucyk

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Johnny Bucyk was a long-time Boston Bruins star that was an integral part of the ‘Big Bad Bruins’ era of the early 1970’s. Although, we’...