The Three Stars and Other Selections: More Amazing Hockey Lists for Trivia LoversECW Press, 2000 - 180 Seiten Following on the heels of the successful Hello Hockey Fans from Coast to Coast, hockey fans and researchers Andrew Podnieks and Jefferson Davis present the second book of obscure hockey lists, The Three Stars and Other Selections. With more than 40 photos, this book features lists such as: -- Highest Point Totals by a Player in His Second NHL Season -- Players To Hold Single Season Records for More Than One Team -- The Eight Most Important Games Ever Played in California -- Best NHL Players Born in New York State -- Most Important Trades Between The Maple Leafs and The Canadiens -- Most Career NHL Goals Without a 30-Goal Season -- Largest Point Decrease by an NHL Team in One Season -- Best Games from The First NHL-USSR Super Series (1975-76) -- Fastest Trips to the Stanley Cup Final by an Expansion Team The Three Stars and Other Selections contains information not previously available, and will have hockey trivia fans testing their friends and seeing who can name the ten least known players to score a cup-clinching goal. As a companion to Hello Hockey Fans or on its own, The Three Stars is the perfect book for any die-hard hockey fan. |
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Ten Oddities About the Three Star Selection | 1 |
Last Number One Goalies of the Original Six | 3 |
Ten NHL Players to Become NHL Officials | 5 |
Seven Amazing Facts about Hilda Ranscombe | 7 |
Current NHL Coaches Who Once Played in the NHL | 9 |
First Ten Coaches of the Minnesota North Stars | 14 |
Eleven Odd Facts about the 500Goal Club | 17 |
Most Games Missed by an Art Ross Trophy Winner | 19 |
Most Consecutive Years Missing the Playoffs | 98 |
Eight Most Lopsided NHL Playoff Games | 100 |
Six Fastest Trips to the Stanley Cup Finals by an Expansion Team | 102 |
Ten Biggest Mismatches in a FirstRound Playoff Series | 105 |
First Ten New York Rangers to Score a Playoff Overtime Goal | 108 |
Most Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team | 111 |
Fewest Hall of Famers on a Stanley Cup Team | 113 |
First and Last Goals in Original Six Buildings | 115 |
Ten Fewest Career Goals by Retired 1000Game Players | 22 |
Nine 30Goal Scorers with the Fewest Career NHL Goals | 25 |
Most Career Goals without a 30Goal Season | 27 |
Most Consecutive Years with at Least 40 Goals | 30 |
Ten Player Nickname Origins | 32 |
Original Members of the Montreal Wanderers | 35 |
Five Players Who Skated for All But One Original Six Team | 37 |
Ten Obscure Brothers in the NHL | 39 |
Fewest Career Minutes Played by a Goalie | 42 |
Most Career Shutouts by a Goalie Who Debuted after the 1967 Expansion | 45 |
Ten WarTime Goalies | 48 |
Most Penalty Minutes by a Player in His Only NHL Season Original Six | 51 |
Most Points by a Player in His Sophomore Season | 53 |
Longest Time between AllStar Game Appearances | 57 |
Eight Unlikely MVPs of the AllStar Game | 59 |
Ten Members of the IIHF Hall of Fame with North American Connections | 61 |
Ten LittleKnown Members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame | 65 |
Six Memorable Games from the First Super Series 197576 | 68 |
Ten Best Players at the First World Junior Championships in 1977 | 70 |
Seven Longest Last Names of Active Players | 73 |
Eight Shortest Last Names of Goalies in NHL History | 75 |
Ten Best Players Whose Last Name Starts with a V | 77 |
Ten Surnames with an X | 81 |
Six Names That Dont Fit | 83 |
Ten Best Wilsons | 85 |
Longest Gap between Stanley Cup Wins by a Player | 88 |
Seven LeastKnown Players to Score a CupWinning Goal | 90 |
Seven Largest Point Decreases by a Team in One Season | 92 |
First Ten Stanley Cup Challenges | 95 |
Five Players Born on February 29 | 116 |
Nine Shortest Lives of WHA Teams | 119 |
Eight Best Toronto Toros | 122 |
Ten OneGame Wonders of the Original Six | 124 |
Eight Players Who Hold SingleSeason Records for More Than One Franchise | 126 |
Ten Records Wayne Gretzky Never Broke | 129 |
Ten Toughest NHL Records to Break | 132 |
Most Regular Season Games Played One Season | 135 |
Seven Best Players Drafted from the Brandon Wheat Kings | 137 |
Eight Worst Top Five Draft Choices of the 1980s | 140 |
Ten Successful NHLers Drafted by LesserKnown Teams | 142 |
First Ten AmericanBorn US College or High School Players Drafted in the First Round | 145 |
Seven Best Players Born in New York State | 148 |
Eight Players from Cleveland to Play for Minnesota after the Merger of 1979 | 151 |
Seven Most Important Games Played in California | 153 |
First NHL Games Played by the 196775 Expansion Teams | 155 |
Eight Greatest Moments from the Igloo | 157 |
Four Players Who Skated for the Most Expansion Teams | 160 |
Eight Best Goaltending Tandems Since Expansion | 161 |
Ten UnderRated Defensemen from the 1970s | 163 |
Ten Best Defensemen to Play for the Chicago Blackhawks | 166 |
Ten Best California Golden Seals | 169 |
Ten Best Toronto Maple Leafs Born in Quebec | 172 |
Seven Key Trades between Toronto and Montreal | 174 |
Ten Highest SingleSeason Point Totals by a Montreal Centre | 176 |
Photo Credits | 179 |
Acknowledgements | 180 |
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