Posts About "NHL Records"
Wayne Gretzky: The Great One's 10 Most Unbreakable Records
October 8th, 2018 Wayne Gretzky spent his entire professional hockey career (20 seasons in the NHL and one in the WHA) rewriting the record books. When 'The Great One' retired following the 1998-99 season, he held 61 NHL records. Gretzky's stats have set the benchmark so high that it appears that many -- if not all -- of his records appear to be...
The NHL's Most Unbreakable Records
October 7th, 2018 Many athletes believe - or at least pretend to believe - that records are made to be broken. If that’s the case, they haven’t taken a look at the NHL’s record books, or should I say the book that Gretzky re-wrote. Wayne Gretzky’s name is scribbled throughout the pages of this particular book. In fact, he holds or shares 61...
Scheifele Sniping His Way Toward Leach's Record
May 17th, 2018 Some records stand for so long, you forget they even exist, let alone entertain the notion someone could actually break them. One of these mythical marks is Reggie Leach's record of 19 goals in a single playoffs, which he set 42 years ago while a member of the Philadelphia Flyers. However, Winnipeg Jets' superstar centre Mark...
Golden Knights Storming Through Expansion Records
December 6th, 2017 Seventeen wins into their season, the Vegas Golden Knights are looking to climb higher on one particular record list. Since the beginning of the NHL, teams have had varying success in their first seasons. Some teams win single-digit games in a season. Others win upwards of 30. One thing is for certain, since the "Original Six" era, there...
A Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Flurry 45 Years Later
November 23rd, 2017 With players such as Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, the Pittsburgh Penguins certainly have had an explosive offense in their history. But during a game in 1972, the Penguins enjoyed a record-setting scoring outburst. In the third period of a 10-4 win over the St. Louis Blues, the Penguins scored five...
Joe Malone Scores 7: Hockey History
November 15th, 2017 In January 1920, Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs scored seven goals against the Toronto St. Patricks. Ninety-five years later, Malone still holds the record for the most goals scored in a single game. Joe Malone's Historic Game Before Malone's epic evening, the Bulldogs were an abysmal 1-10 on the first half of the season, but he...
