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Sedins Climbing The Canucks Charts
The Sedins may be accused of getting too fancy with their plays, especially when the Canucks lose, (or go through a goal-scoring drought), but when they are clicking and "on" they make opposing teams...
Evolution of a record
I have long been fascinated by the evolution of sports records. On the individual sports level they are gradually but inexorably chipped away from one generation to the next. The 100-metre sprint is a...
Can anyone catch Mr. Hockey?
Chris Chelios has looked pretty darn good so far this season, like he just might play until 50, and I seemed to recall he had a chance to catch Gordie Howe's all-time games played mark (1,767).He can,...
Cross Border Theft
Tonight a record held by the almost great Leafs team of 1992-1994 could come one step closer to returning across the Peace Bridge to Buffalo. Cox points out the historical balance of the record possib...
Least Surprising Stat Of The Day
My dad and I have a running dialogue (actually it's more of a soliloquy with him doing the ranting) about how Olie Kolzig has strikingly few shutouts for the number of games he's played in the NHL (on...
The Sedins Are No Stastnys
Thanks to the performances of Mary Kate and Ashley Sedin last night (and a query by Mirtle), Caps fans are reminded today of a record-setting performance from back in 1981. Unfortunately, the boys fro...
With Each Goal, A Milestone
Now that Alex Ovechkin is back on pace to score a ton of goals this year, it's time to look at what each of his tallies going forward means in the record books (as opposed to on the scoresheet).Starti...
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