Obscure hockey facts/stats (Part 2)

[Mohar Ikram]

This might be already known but the closest sweep in SCF was in 1968 where Habs outmuscled the Blues 4-0.

This is the score of such games:

Game 1: 3-2 Habs (OT)
Game 2: 1-0 Habs
Game 3: 4-3 Habs (OT)
Game 4: 3-2 Habs

- All games won by only 1 single goal.
- Lemaire scored the OT goal in game 1, Savard scored the short-handed goal to win game 2, Rousseau scored the OT goal in game 3, Henri Richard tied the game in game 4 before JC Tremblay scored the SCF GWG.
- The goalie they faced? old Glenn Hall.... nothing matters, just 0.916% and 2.43 GAA. A sweep but an honourable sweep.

Another one. With the inclusion of Pavel Datsyuk into HHOF in 2024, 2002 Detroit Red Wings became the first ever team to ice 4 HOF centres in their depth chart (Since the four lines FW became common).

1C : Fedorov (HHOF 2015)
2C : Yzerman (HHOF 2009)
3C : Larionov (HHOF 2008, TGC)
4C : Datsyuk (HHOF 2024, TGC)

3 Russians, 1 Canadian.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

This might be already known but the closest sweep in SCF was in 1968 where Habs outmuscled the Blues 4-0.

This is the score of such games:

Game 1: 3-2 Habs (OT)
Game 2: 1-0 Habs
Game 3: 4-3 Habs (OT)
Game 4: 3-2 Habs

- All games won by only 1 single goal.
- Lemaire scored the OT goal in game 1, Savard scored the short-handed goal to win game 2, Rousseau scored the OT goal in game 3, Henri Richard tied the game in game 4 before JC Tremblay scored the SCF GWG.
- The goalie they faced? old Glenn Hall.... nothing matters, just 0.916% and 2.43 GAA. A sweep but an honourable sweep.

Another one. With the inclusion of Pavel Datsyuk into HHOF in 2024, 2002 Detroit Red Wings became the first ever team to ice 4 HOF centres in their depth chart (Since the four lines FW became common).

1C : Fedorov (HHOF 2015)
2C : Yzerman (HHOF 2009)
3C : Larionov (HHOF 2008, TGC)
4C : Datsyuk (HHOF 2024, TGC)

3 Russians, 1 Canadian.

somewhat related: per the youngest/oldest team thread, I found it interesting that of the 12 oldest teams ever iced in the NHL, a staggering 8 were Red Wings teams between 2001 to 2011

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

This might be already known but the closest sweep in SCF was in 1968 where Habs outmuscled the Blues 4-0.

This is the score of such games:

Game 1: 3-2 Habs (OT)
Game 2: 1-0 Habs
Game 3: 4-3 Habs (OT)
Game 4: 3-2 Habs

- All games won by only 1 single goal.
- Lemaire scored the OT goal in game 1, Savard scored the short-handed goal to win game 2, Rousseau scored the OT goal in game 3, Henri Richard tied the game in game 4 before JC Tremblay scored the SCF GWG.
- The goalie they faced? old Glenn Hall.... nothing matters, just 0.916% and 2.43 GAA. A sweep but an honourable sweep.

The Habs also swept the Sabres in the 2nd round of the 1993 playoffs:

Every score was 4-3
The three last games were decided in OT.

 

[overpass]

Janne Laukkanen was a solid depth defender for the Sens in the late 90s as they went from the bottom of the league to the playoffs.

And as far as I can tell, he's the unlikely player who played the most ice time in his final NHL game, at least since ice time was tracked starting in 1997. Laukkanen was on the ice for 31 minutes and 52 seconds as the Lightning lost an overtime Game 5 to the Devils in 2003. I believe it was also his final professional hockey game.

 

[Tampa GM]

For 17th(Would have been 18 without the lock-out) straight seasons from 1998 until 2016 Vancouver Canucks leading scorer was raised to a hockeyplayer on this small outdoor rink a few kilometers away from Ornskoldsvik.

In the 54 years with Vancouver in NHL, a player from MoDo has been top 3 in scoring for the Vancouver 26 years.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Only one player in NHL history has scored 4 points in the 3rd period of a game 7.

Matt Labanc

 

[GRob83]

Joe Ironside is the only goaltender in NHL History to have exactly 1 Shutout and 0 Wins. He was also the 1st Jewish goaltender to play in the league.

From Wikipedia:
He was called up to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. He played one game, a 0–0 tie that went to 10 minutes of overtime. Ironstone asked for double the contract rate for the game, an offer which was accepted by the Leafs' owner Conn Smythe. However, Smythe informed Ironstone that would be the last game he would ever play in the NHL, which ultimately was the case.