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Showing posts with label 1975. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1975. Show all posts
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Monday, August 6, 2018
Hockey on Radio - 1970s
RADIO BROADCAST:
1975 Stanley Cup Preliminary Series
Game 3 - Islanders vs Rangers
April 11th 1975
The upstart New York Islanders in just their third season shock the hockey world and the rival New York Rangers by winning the decisive third game of the Stanley Cup preliminary series at Madison Square Garden on an overtime goal by J.P. Parise after just 11 seconds of the first extra period. This is the entire game broadcast as aired over the Islanders station WMCA 570-AM in New York. The broadcast team are play-by-play man Dom Valentino and color commentator Jim Garvey. The tape includes commercials as well as an interesting between periods interview with baseball Hall of Famer and big hockey fan Phil Rizzuto.
Monday, September 18, 2017
Monday, November 14, 2016
Monday, November 7, 2016
Stat of the Day
Russ Anderson (Defenseman)
1975 Entry Draft
Drafted 31st overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins (13th pick of the 2nd round)
the first US born player drafted in 1975
Played 1976 -1981 with the Penguins before being traded to the Hartford Whalers on December 29th 1981 for Rick MacLeish.
Spent the rest of the 1981-82 season with Hartford and the entire 1982-83 season before being released in the offseason. He signed with the LA Kings for the 1983-84 season, after being sent to New Haven in the AHL for 6 games in 1984 he returned to finish the 1984-85 season with the Kings.
He appeared in 519 games with 22 goals, 99 assists, 121 points and 1086 penalty minutes
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Stat of the Day - Ron Grahame (Houston Aeros)
Ron Grahame
Goaltender
Houston Aeros
2 time winner of the Ben Hatskin Trophy as the World Hockey Association's Goaltender of the Year (1975, 1977)
The 1975 WHA Playoff MVP
He led he Houston Aeros to the Avco Cup Championship by winning 12 games and losing 1. The Aeros lost one game in the quarter finals to Cleveland but then swept the San Diego Mariners in the semi-finals and the Quebec Nordiques in the Avco Cup final.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Sports Illustrated Hockey Cover of the Week
November 17th 1975
(anyone surprised that its the Rangers and Islanders?)
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Today in NHL History (October 8th)
1975 - Doug Jarvis (Montreal Canadiens) began his streak of 984 straight games in the NHL. The streak ended on October 10, 1987.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Happy Birthday Bernie Parent
April 3rd 2015
Philadelphia Flyers legend Bernie Parent turns 70
He made his legend in 1974 and 1975 by helping the Flyers to back to back Stanley Cup wins, winning the Vezina Trophy in '74 and '75 and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup MVP in both 1974 and 1975.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Happy Birthday Bobby Clarke
Today is the 62nd birthday of Philadelphia Flyers legend Bobby Clarke.He retired from active on ice play after the 1983-84 season and at the time was 4th all time in assist and 11th in points scored, he has since moved down to 24th in assist and 42nd in points. His plus/minus rating is still 5th all time with +506.
He was the NHL MVP (Hart Trophy) in 1973,1975 and 1976 and he won the Frank Selke Trophy for best defensive forward in 1983.
He is biggest on ice triumph came in 1974 and 1975 as he led the Philadelphia Flyers to back to back Stanley Cup Championships.
He holds the Flyers record for most assist in a season with 89, which he did in 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons.
Philadelphia retired his #16 in 1984 and named the trophy for the MVP of the Flyers, the Bobby Clarke Trophy.
In 1987 he was a first ballot inductee in to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Stat of the Night
Only 2 players have won back to back Conn Smythe Trophies as Stanley Cup Playoff MVP:
Bernie Parent (Philadelphia Flyers) 1974 and 1975
Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) 1991 and 1992
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