PUTTIN' ON THE FOIL!
This is my blog for hockey fun. I dont write long articles on hockey things, I just love to share videos, pictures and hockey history. Don't expect a lot of insight, just fun.
March 12th 2019 Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau scores a hat trick and earns three assists in a 9-4 win, becoming the first Calgary player with a six-point game since 1994
1994 - Mario Lemieux announced that he would be taking a medical leave of absence due to fatigue, an aftereffect of his 1993 radiation treatments. He would sit out the National Hockey Leagues (NHL) 1994-95 season.
The winner of the 1993-94 Art Ross Trophy as the regular season leader in points scored was Wayne Gretzky.
This would be the last of 10 Art Ross wins for the Great One. He lead the NHL with 130 points as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. He had 38 goals and 92 assist but his Kings couldn't put together a winning season as they finished 5th in the Pacific division and 10th overall in the western conference.
Sergei Federov was second in points with 120 (56 goals and 64 assist) and that helped him win the Hart Trophy as 1993-94 NHL MVP.
The 1994 Conn Smythe Award winner as Stanley Cup Playoff MVP was NY Ranger Brian Leetch. He has the distinction of being the only American born winner of this award. He totaled 34 points on 11 goals and 23 assist in the playoffs, ending with a 7 game Finals victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Leetch was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.