The Exhibition Season Continues
The NHL's exhibition season continues, and suddenly, what was the slow season for hockey, summer, now has become the fast, everything-changes-season, fall.
I'll start off with what was my big joke last week. Remember last week, I kept ribbing Petr Nedved for holding out and ruining his career? Well, the day after my article went out last week, Nedved had announced he was close to signing with the Las Vegas Thunder of the IHL. So, I guess I'd just like to say hi to one of my readers, a Mr. Petr Nedved. Or maybe not!
There are some newbies in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The two notables are Michel Goulet and former rookie sensation Peter Stastny, both formerly of the Quebec Nordiques. He has 450 goals and 789 assists for 1239 points in 977 games. He was an All-Star 6 times. Statsny borke into the league with the Nordiques in 1980. That season he set rookie records for assists (shared with Joe Juneau at 70), points with 109 (broken by Teemu Selanne in 1993) and points in a game by a rookie, which he shares with his brother Anton. On February 22, 1981, Quebec beat Washington 11-7. Anton had 3 goals and 5 assists, while Peter had 4 goals and 4 assists. He won the Calder trophy that year. He currently holds the Nordiques-Avalanche records for most career assists and points with 668 and 1048 respectively. He was the captain from 1985-1990.
Michel Goulet holds the Nords-Avs record for most career games and goals, with 813 and 456 respectively. He finished with 548 goals and 604 assists for 1152 points in 1089 games. He had 4 consecutive 50 goal seasons from 1982-1986. His number 16 was retired by the Nordiques and hangs from the rafters of the McNichols Arena.
In the veteran players category, the younger brother of Charlie and Lionel Conacher, the late Roy Conacher was inducted after posting 226 goals and 200 assists for 426 points over 490 games between 1938 and 1952. Conacher won Stanley Cups in 1939 and 1941 with Boston, and he also played with Detroit and Chicago in his career.
In the Builders category, Monsignor Atoll "Pere" Murray was inducted for launching the hockey program at Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, which has seen over 100 graduates go on to the NHL.
Howie Meeker won the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, the broadcasters Hall of Fame, and the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for writers in the Hall of Fame went to Yvon Pedneault.
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