Trivia

[GNick99]

Sept 8, 2019 7:41:59 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Sept 5, 2019 12:56:53 GMT -5 Skilly said:

Eighteen

For obvious reasons, just look up in the rafters

No, wasn't eighteen. Eighteen never set the track record. Percy Bluechip. Now, does anybody why he named the horse that?

No one? Percy was the name of doctor who Savard credits on saving his career. He was the surgeon who repaired his shattered leg. Savard gave Percy a Rolex and he wore it everyday right to he died in 2017. Bluechip was the second name because of all the colts Savard scouted it was the best prospect he has ever seen.

[GNick99]

Try ya on another one. This former Canadien secured a large sum of money for a business venture on CBC show "Dragon's Den."

Who was the former Hab and what was his business venture?

[CentreHice]

Sept 13, 2019 8:50:28 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Sept 8, 2019 7:41:59 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

No, wasn't eighteen. Eighteen never set the track record. Percy Bluechip. Now, does anybody why he named the horse that?

No one? Percy was the name of doctor who Savard credits on saving his career. He was the surgeon who repaired his shattered leg. Savard gave Percy a Rolex and he wore it everyday right to he died in 2017. Bluechip was the second name because of all the colts Savard scouted it was the best prospect he has ever seen.

That's a great story!

More on his broken legs....from his Hall of Fame write-up.


In a March 1970 game against the Rangers, Serge crashed into a goal post and broke his leg in five places. "There was a time when I was afraid I wouldn't play again. My leg was broken in three big places besides the chips and I got scared after the doctor took off the cast for the first time. The break was moving inside," Serge recalls. But to complicate matters, Savard returned to the Canadiens only to break the same leg again in February 1971. Caught by a Bob Baun hipcheck in a game against Toronto, the break put Serge out of action for close to a year. But the break did more than put Savard out of action; it changed his style of play. "When I was younger, I was more of a rusher but after the two bad leg injuries, I didn't have the same speed so I became more of a defensive defenseman," states Serge. Although never afraid to carry the puck, Savard was found to be invaluable in his own end.

To think we won the legendary 1970-71 Cup without him.

The depth on Pollock's teams was remarkable. I think it was Cournoyer who said that a lot of guys played through injuries because they knew their fill-in might take their spot!

[CentreHice]

Sept 20, 2019 8:11:59 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Try ya on another one. This former Canadien secured a large sum of money for a business venture on CBC show "Dragon's Den."

Who was the former Hab and what was his business venture?

Had to look it up. Donald Brashear

Wednesday night, Brashear struck another victorious blow – landing a $500,000 deal for his fledgling Brash87 low-cost hockey stick company with the denizens of CBC’s popular “Dragons’ Den,” Canada’s version of CNBC’s “Shark Tank.”

[GNick99]

Sept 20, 2019 18:42:43 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

Sept 13, 2019 8:50:28 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

No one? Percy was the name of doctor who Savard credits on saving his career. He was the surgeon who repaired his shattered leg. Savard gave Percy a Rolex and he wore it everyday right to he died in 2017. Bluechip was the second name because of all the colts Savard scouted it was the best prospect he has ever seen.

That's a great story!

More on his broken legs....from his Hall of Fame write-up.


In a March 1970 game against the Rangers, Serge crashed into a goal post and broke his leg in five places. "There was a time when I was afraid I wouldn't play again. My leg was broken in three big places besides the chips and I got scared after the doctor took off the cast for the first time. The break was moving inside," Serge recalls. But to complicate matters, Savard returned to the Canadiens only to break the same leg again in February 1971. Caught by a Bob Baun hipcheck in a game against Toronto, the break put Serge out of action for close to a year. But the break did more than put Savard out of action; it changed his style of play. "When I was younger, I was more of a rusher but after the two bad leg injuries, I didn't have the same speed so I became more of a defensive defenseman," states Serge. Although never afraid to carry the puck, Savard was found to be invaluable in his own end.

To think we won the legendary 1970-71 Cup without him.

The depth on Pollock's teams was remarkable. I think it was Cournoyer who said that a lot of guys played through injuries because they knew their fill-in might take their spot!

Yup, heard Savard on radio interview a few years ago. He was talking a lot about horse racing. He said he bought a colt for $2,000. It won the Little Brown Jug, forget now what he said its winnings was, but it was high. He sold the stud rights for 20 million. Talk about a profit? Savard was always a smart man. They say follow the bloodlines. The grand parents or even great grand parents are more predictably than the parents. Kind of odd that way, horses must take their traits from further genes back than most species.

[GNick99]

With Isles down 3-1. Only 1 team has come back from 3-1 in Conference Finals. Name the team?

[CentreHice]

Sept 15, 2020 6:26:13 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

With Isles down 3-1. Only 1 team has come back from 3-1 in Conference Finals. Name the team?

1999-2000 New Jersey Devils.

Over Philly.

That's the year Lou fired Ftorek with 8 games remaining--and they were leading the East at the time. Big Bird took over. (According to this article, it sounds as if Ftorek was Babcock-esque re: player treatment.)


From the NYT:

Concerned by a recent slump and determined to avoid the early playoff exit that has become a disturbing habit for them in recent seasons, the Devils yesterday dismissed their coach, Robbie Ftorek, and replaced him with Larry Robinson, one of his assistants.

It was a drastic move by a team that has the third-best record in the National Hockey League and is in first place in the Eastern Conference. But it was one that Lou Lamoriello, the team's president and general manager, believed was necessary after watching the team lose 12 of its last 17 games.

''It was over a period of time that I thought about this because I didn't see light at the end of the tunnel,'' Lamoriello said in a conference call. ''The decision was reached because I felt we should change direction.''

Asked about taking such drastic action with only eight games left, Lamoriello said he felt comfortable with the decision because Robinson represented continuity at the coaching level. He said that Robinson was familiar with the team and the players and added, ''It would be too late if I waited any longer.''

Robinson's first task will be to restore to the team some chemistry that clearly has been missing for the last month. Several of the team's veterans were disgruntled with Ftorek, but they kept it under wraps.

The move reflects the franchise's misgivings about Ftorek's ability to lead a talented team deep into the playoffs. The last three seasons the Devils have exited the postseason earlier than expected, losing in the second round in 1997 and in the first round the last two seasons.

Playing without any consistency the last month, the Devils (41-25-8) have shown no signs of improvement. They played with little inspiration in losing three of their last four games. Moreover, the Devils are in danger of losing the Eastern Conference title to the Flyers, who trailed the Devils by 2 points after Philadelphia's overtime loss last night.

Lamoriello admitted yesterday that he had deliberated on the decision for several days because of the way his team was playing. The 5-0 loss to Carolina at home on Tuesday must have reinforced his conviction that a change was necessary.

When Robinson was appointed assistant coach last May, he said he had no intention of becoming the head coach and did not want to hover over Ftorek's shoulder.

''Larry reminded me that when he was hired he had no intention to be the head coach, but I told him he was the best person to lead the team,'' Lamoriello said.

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But while the players accepted responsibility, there was evidence that a strain had developed between Ftorek and many of the veterans.

In the first month of the season, defenseman Ken Daneyko was benched in St. Louis. It would have been Daneyko's 999th career game, meaning his next one, No. 1,000, would have been played at home. But by sitting Daneyko in St. Louis, Ftorek assured that Daneyko's milestone game would be played on the road, infuriating Daneyko and annoying many of the veterans.

Ftorek also benched defenseman Lyle Odelein on more than one occasion for no apparent reason. Players said they often did not understand Ftorek's logic and would regularly wonder ''what riddle,'' as they put it, Ftorek would come up with each day.

One of Ftorek's problems in recent games was that he was unable to blend into the lineup the team's newest acquisitions, Vladimir Malakhov and Alexander Mogilny. Mogilny has only two assists in his four games with the Devils.

[GNick99]

You fellows Google everything. Takes the challenge/ fun out of trivia

[GNick99]

Before Anderson, who was last Habs to score 2 goals in his first game after a trade?

[PTH]

Jan 17, 2021 13:20:04 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Before Anderson, who was last Habs to score 2 goals in his first game after a trade?

Donald Audette ?

[Tankdriver]

Patrick Poulin?

[Willie Dog]

Mark Recchi?

[GNick99]

Jan 17, 2021 13:51:39 GMT -5 PTH said:

Jan 17, 2021 13:20:04 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Before Anderson, who was last Habs to score 2 goals in his first game after a trade?

Donald Audette ?

Forgot the answer now. Lol

[GNick99]

This former Hab trained for 2006 Olympic bobsled team?

[Willie Dog]

Apr 19, 2021 15:14:46 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

This former Hab trained for 2006 Olympic bobsled team?

John Candy?

Doesn't have to be the Canadian bobsled team does it?

It is probably someone with speed as the takeoff on a bobsled, much all racing is key

[CentreHice]

Chelios trained with the US team in 2004, planning to form a bobsled team for Greece in 2006.

A machine.

[GNick99]

Apr 20, 2021 14:14:35 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

Chelios trained with the US team in 2004, planning to form a bobsled team for Greece in 2006.

A machine.

Right on!

[Willie Dog]

Apr 20, 2021 14:14:35 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

Chelios trained with the US team in 2004, planning to form a bobsled team for Greece in 2006.

A machine.

Interesting trivia... would the movie have been called Tzatziki Runnings?

[GNick99]

NHL defenseman with most Cup wins but not in Hall of Fame?

[Tankdriver]

Apr 21, 2021 6:38:27 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

NHL defenseman with most Cup wins but not in Hall of Fame?

Charlie Huddy? Some reason his name comes up from Oilers Dynatasy.

[CentreHice]

I'll say Jean-Guy Talbot...7 Cups...(1956, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66). No Hall.

The Claude Provost of D.

Not flashy enough.

[GNick99]

Apr 21, 2021 13:14:32 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

I'll say Jean-Guy Talbot...7 Cups...(1956, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66). No Hall.

The Claude Provost of D.

Not flashy enough.

Yup, Talbot. You must be googling everything

[GNick99]

Why didn't Larry Robinson wear #19 at 1976 Canada Cup?

[CentreHice]

Apr 21, 2021 14:58:07 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Apr 21, 2021 13:14:32 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

I'll say Jean-Guy Talbot...7 Cups...(1956, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66). No Hall.

The Claude Provost of D.

Not flashy enough.

Yup, Talbot. You must be googling everything

I prefer deductive reasoning and research.

If you'd like the answers to be either front-of-mind retrievable or random guesses....no worries.

[GNick99]

Apr 21, 2021 15:39:50 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

Apr 21, 2021 14:58:07 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Yup, Talbot. You must be googling everything

I prefer deductive reasoning and research.

If you'd like the answers to be either front-of-mind retrievable or random guesses....no worries.
No no, doesn't matter. You were getting everyone I said he must be either google them or know everything about the Habs

[GNick99]

Apr 21, 2021 11:28:33 GMT -5 Tankdriver said:

Apr 21, 2021 6:38:27 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

NHL defenseman with most Cup wins but not in Hall of Fame?

Charlie Huddy? Some reason his name comes up from Oilers Dynatasy.

Good guess, If I didn't know the answer I would have guessed same. Somebody like Terry Harper, Ted Harris or Pierre Bouchard.

[CentreHice]

Apr 22, 2021 6:42:53 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Apr 21, 2021 15:39:50 GMT -5 CentreHice said:

I prefer deductive reasoning and research.

If you'd like the answers to be either front-of-mind retrievable or random guesses....no worries.

No no, doesn't matter. You were getting everyone I said he must be either google them or know everything about the Habs

RE: Chelios. My bobsled training knowledge is very limited. Had to look it up.

RE: Talbot. I figured it had to be someone who won many Cups in a relatively short time. First stop: hockeydb, looking at the 50s dynasty years. I clicked on Talbot and saw that he was on the team for all 5 Cups...and also the first 2 in the 60s. 7's a high number...I knew everyone with at least 8 Cups is in the Hall (except for Provost, who won 9). So, without checking further, I guessed Talbot.


Thanks for the questions, GNick.

[Skilly]

Sept 8, 2019 7:41:59 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Sept 5, 2019 12:56:53 GMT -5 Skilly said:

Eighteen

For obvious reasons, just look up in the rafters

No, wasn't eighteen. Eighteen never set the track record. Percy Bluechip. Now, does anybody why he named the horse that?

Serge Savard, the former Montreal Canadiens standout defenceman and General Manger, is looking to add a different kind of 'Cup' to his collection on Saturday, June 18 at Mohawk Racetrack. The 65-year-old Savard has his name engraved on the Stanley Cup eight times as a player, but he's hoping to add his name to the list of winners of the Pepsi North America Cup, the continent's richest harness racing three-year-old pacing event.
The Hall of Famer owns a piece of two Dr. Ian Moore-trained colts, Rockabillie and Eighteen, who will both go postward in Saturday’s $1.5 million final.

[Skilly]

Sept 5, 2019 12:56:53 GMT -5 Skilly said:

Sept 5, 2019 8:04:58 GMT -5 GNick99 said:

Serge Savard owns a filly who set the 5/8 mile record at Georgian Downs. What did Savard name his horse? And why?

Eighteen

For obvious reasons, just look up in the rafters

Ahhhh the record setting horse .... gotcha

[GNick99]

Apr 22, 2021 11:35:44 GMT -5 Skilly said:

Sept 5, 2019 12:56:53 GMT -5 Skilly said:

Eighteen

For obvious reasons, just look up in the rafters

Ahhhh the record setting horse .... gotcha

Can't remember the details of that now. I think I read it in Savard's book.

I always like Savard as GM. NOt everything he did but he was best GM we had since Sam Pollock. Only GM in NHL history to reach at least, 2nd round of playoffs 10 years in a row. Not drafting at top of draft has to catch up to a team after awhile, and it did. Has to happen, just matter of time. Other teams drafting the young future stars and we drafting 20 something.

Savard couldn't trade for the top picks no longer like Pollock did but did little things to give himself the advantage. He favoured french Canadian players who played with a lot of passion. Guys like Patrick Roy, Claude Lemieux, Guy Carbonneau. Didn't always work but when it did you usually hit a homerun. Can still see it around the league today in guys like Bergeron, Giroux or Couturier. Use to like physical size in the playoffs. Wear the opposition down in 7 game series. The Skrudlands, Momessos, McPhee types. Use to trade for past top picks and try to right them. Guys like Bobby Smith, Kirk Muller, Vince Damphousse, Ryan Walter, Denis Savard, Perry Turnbull. Didn't always work but only way to acquire elite skill.