Forget Gretzky...Records that will never be beat
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Goatlender
Goat in the water
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For anyone curious, this is the equivalent of winning the cup 9.4 times where the goalie plays every winning game (151 / 16 wins). That would be the quickest way to tie the record…which would never happen
Bud Kudelski???
I did find a Bob Kudelski... in the 93-94 season he was traded from the Ottawa Senators, where he played 42 games, to the Florida Panthers, where he played 44 more games.
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Gretzky's points record
Gretzky's assists record
Gretzky's 50 in 39 record.
Gretzky's 92 goal season record
wedge
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depends... Sam Gagner got 8 in a game so... why not?
Rufus T Firefly
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I know the title says "forget Gretzky", but the fact that Gretzky essentially won the Art Ross Trophy in the 83-84 season in 42 games is insane. I can't see that one ever being beaten, given the parity among players now.
People love to downplay the era Gretzky played in, but this just shows how far above his peers he was, many of whom were hall of famers.
He also had more goals than any other player had assists that year as well. Doubt that will ever be repeated (don't know if that's the only time it's ever happened, but I doubt anybody else has done that).
People love to downplay the era Gretzky played in, but this just shows how far above his peers he was, many of whom were hall of famers.
He also had more goals than any other player had assists that year as well. Doubt that will ever be repeated (don't know if that's the only time it's ever happened, but I doubt anybody else has done that).
Eggtimer
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There’s likely to be an 85 this year if Ceci doesn’t get hurt. And there’s been talk of regular season getting longer again. And season-start Euro trips tend to cause big schedule imbalances.
I don’t see that one as unbreakable at all. It feels to me more like an inevitability. Just need a robust player traded from a team that played a lot early (like this year’s Devils) to one that didn’t.
The Real JT
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the Lou way
Lou’s record for signing aging mediocre vets to long contracts at a slightly lower AAV.
Patrik Sundströms and Marios in the playoff is 8 and it doesn't feel completely impossible to beat either.
BLNY
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Good call. Brodeur's 12 seasons of 70 games or more is likely as "close" as anyone ever gets.
Gregor Samsa
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You can never know how the game will change over the years. Guys in the 1920’s and 1930’s probably couldn’t conceive of a Gretzky era or career
Gretzky being so far ahead of his peers is quite incredible when you look at it that way.
The only other athlete at the top level of his sport at the time I can think of off the top of my head is Sir Donald Bradman. His career batting average in test matches is 99.94 (with him rather famously being dismissed for a duck - a score of 0 - in his final innings for Australia, which dropped it below 100). Second-highest career test batting average is 71.64 and nobody else has ever finished above 70.
Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs scoring seven (7) goals in a January 31, 1920 game vs. the Toronto St. Pats is a record not likely to be broken anytime soon.
105 years old and still going strong.
105 years old and still going strong.
Some guy named Orr won eight consecutive Norris trophies with the Boston Bruins . Bill Mosienko once scored three goals in twenty-one seconds for the Chicago Blackhawks . Johnny Bucyk , Ed Westfall and Ted Green combined to score three goals in twenty seconds for the Boston Bruins . Mario Lemieux once scored an even strength goal , a powerplay goal , a shorthanded goal , an empty net goal and a goal on a penalty shot in the same game for the Pittsburgh Penguins . EDIT- forgot to mention that Gordie Howe played in five different decades(40's , 50's , 60's , 70's & 80's) for the Detroit Red Wings and the Hartford Whalers .
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zar
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This is the most unbeatable record in all of professional sports, IMO... hockey for sure. Mostly because of how the position has evolved.
Glenn Hall is 93, still alive and kicking today. Obviously an endurable human. Very nice man... I know his son and granddaughter.
Another record I like to quote when these threads pop up is Bill Mosienko's hattrick in 21 seconds.
Edit: I see @habsfan44 just beat me to the punch with the Mosienko hattrick.
of All the records here that 6 venzina award seems the most breakable. It's possible Hellybuck has 3 venzina seasons after this one. Extremely unlikely, but, compared to all the rest it is in the realm of possibility.
Suntouchable13
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No, but do you see a team scoring at least 11 goals in a game? When was the last time that even happened? It will never be beat. 8 points, then you need 3 more on top of that.
Looks like the last time a team scored 11+ in a game was Pittsburgh beating Detroit 11-2 in the 21-22 season.
I'd say Dale Hunter will quite certainly remain the only player with 1000 points and 3000 penalty minutes for the foreseeable future.
joestevens29
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King'sPawn
Enjoy the chaos
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I think a random one that will be very hard to beat is Mike Sillinger playing for 12 different NHL teams.
He also got traded nine times during his career. That's also an NHL record, although he shares the record with Brent Ashton.
