Posts About "Patrick Roy"
The NHL's Most Unbreakable Playoff Records
May 8th, 2019 A little over a year ago we sat down together and opened the NHL’s record book in search of some of the game’s most unbreakable records. While Wayne Gretzky’s name is found throughout the history of the game, it was decided that other marks including Sittler’s 10-point game, Orr’s 110-point season and Glenn Hall’s...
The 5 Greatest Goaltenders in NHL History
May 2nd, 2019 Ranking goaltenders throughout the history of the NHL is an arduous task. Multiple factors must be considered: sheer dominance, longevity, impact on the sport, etc. For some, raw win and ring totals are more important than how those totals were achieved. With all of these factors in mind, let's take a crack at ranking the five...
The Strangest Superstitions in NHL History
January 22nd, 2019 As professional athletes, NHL hockey players will do whatever it takes to be successful on the ice. On top of their on and off ice training and preparation, many players throughout NHL history have adopted strange, often disturbing superstitions in order to ensure their on-ice success. Oddly enough, some of the best players to have...
1993 Montreal Canadiens: A Love Letter
December 19th, 2018 “And now a 24th Stanley Cup banner will hang from the rafters of the famous Forum in Montreal. The Canadiens win the Stanley Cup!” To a generation of Montreal Canadiens fans those two sentences, spoken by legendary play-by-play man Bob Cole on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, will forever live on in our memories. I can recall that...
Price Passes Roy with Statement Shutout
October 28th, 2018 Make no mistake, Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price still has a long way to go before he catches Jacques Plante for the most wins on the team’s all-time list. But passing Patrick Roy for No. 2 is a fine start. Price Bounces Back In a lot of ways, the 3-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday was a fine start for Price in his...
Hockey Goalies - A Breed Apart
October 25th, 2018 The great Jacques Plante summed it up this way, “Imagine sitting at your desk. You make a mistake. A red light goes on behind you, a siren starts sounding and 18,000 people are yelling at you. That's what it's like to be a goaltender.” Hockey goalies are a different breed, especially those who played before 1959, when there...
