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The Next 5 Penguins Jersey to Hang From the Rafters
January 3rd, 2019 A recognizable tradition in sports, at all levels and in all leagues, is the retiring of jersey numbers. The Toronto Maple Leafs were the first professional sports team to retire a number, the No. 6 of Ace Bailey in 1934. There are no league-wide criteria for retiring a number, though this honor is usually bestowed upon a player who...
Oldest Players With 100-Point Seasons
November 20th, 2018 It is difficult to score in the NHL. Not exactly breaking news. That's why only three players -- Connor McDavid, Claude Giroux, and Nikita Kucherov -- reached the 100-point mark last season. That doesn't seem like many players, and it's not compared to the 1981-82 season when 13 reached the century mark, but it's still the most since...
NHL Awards History: Oldest & Youngest Winners
October 31st, 2018 We updated this list from the THW Archives of the oldest and youngest winners in NHL history, originally published Jan. 19, 2015. And, before you say anything, I didn't do the math to figure out who was older or younger by months if there was a tie, except for the Calder Trophy's youngest winner. (All stats and records...
Top 10 All-Time European-Born NHL Forwards
October 8th, 2018 Europeans are having a bigger impact in the NHL now than ever before. Of the 985 players to play in at least one game this season, 268, or 27 percent, were born in Europe. Europeans have been at the pinnacle of success in recent seasons, winning five of the past 10 Hart, Art Ross, and Norris Trophy winners. But European success in the...
The NHL's Exclusive 13 x 30 Club
October 7th, 2018 The 2017-18 season was an incredible season for Russian sniper Alex Ovechkin as he joined not one, but two exclusive clubs. On Mar. 12, he became the 20th member of the 600-goal club and on Jan. 25, the 10th player to join the 13 x 30 club, a group of players who scored 30 goals in at least 13 seasons. Ovechkin also became only the sixth...
NHL Elite: Consistent Point-Per-Game Players
September 13th, 2018 Russian superstars Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin joined a rare group of players who have averaged a point-per-game played (P/GP) or better for at least 10 seasons. They join Sidney Crosby as the only active players to do so - Crosby has 11. I chose 40 games played as the minimum to qualify because it is low enough to preserve the...
