Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. During the history of the league, there had been some near misses by. Can you name the nhl players who have scored 5 or more unassisted goals in a season 197980 to 201819. Bruins zdeno chara enters nhl history books with 200th career goal. This book, written by the 3 funniest hockey writerspodcasters, is very good at its purpose.
Blues, stars set nhl mark for fastest four goals sports. Most shocking playoff moments in nhl history 0 of 11 throughout stanley cup playoffs history, there have been a number of moments. For ice hockey players in the national hockey league nhl, scoring 500 regular season goals is considered a highly significant achievement as of the completion of the 201819 nhl season the 101st regular season of play of the national hockey league a total of 45 players have scored at least 500 regular season goals in their nhl career a 500goal career was first achieved in 1957. Every player who ever scored in the nhl has a different story about hi. The following table features ovechkins most significant goalscoring milestones. Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, hockey. The 40 goals young scored as a rookie represent more than half of. That made the rookie the first player to score four goals in his nhl debut. For in scoring that goal, alex had to break every conceivable rule. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on.
Nash has scored 403 goals throughout his nhl career, so having 40 unassisted ones actually does sound like quite a fair amount thats. Graph of average goals per game in each nhl season. His 92 goals across those 840 games was a mere contribution of 0. Nhl points leaders alltime national hockey league espn.
Chara is just the 22nd defenseman in nhl history to reach 200 goals, and the. Wondering who holds the nhl alltime record for points. Wayne gretsky holds the record for most goals in a single nhl season with 92 during 198182 season. The 201819 nhl season was one for the record books. Its also available for football, basketball and baseball.
Jets mark scheifele sets nhl record for most road goals. For seasons before 198788, the most useful tool is the hockey summary project. Lets take an early look at the most intriguing 2020 matchups featuring the. Here is our list of the greatest goals in hockey history. That made him the first no1 draft pick in nhl history to score three goals in his first game and only the fifth overall since the 194344 season. Alex ovechkin breaks nhl record for most career goals by a. Ingoal magazine has been delivering goalie specific content for a decade now. Billy smith of the new york islanders, in the 197980 season, was the first goaltender to be credited with a goal in the nhl when rob ramage of the colorado rockies put the puck into his own empty net. There were 21 teams in the league and they each played 80 games, which resulted in a total of 840 games.
Twelve goaltenders have scored a total of fifteen goals in national hockey league nhl. Hockey writers and podcasters dave lozo of vice sports, sean down goes brown mcindoe, and greg wyshynski of puck daddy have a new book called the 100 greatest players in nhl history and. Considered the most prolific nhl player of all time, gretzky is a fourtime stanley cup champion with the edmonton oilers and still holds 60 nhl records 15. A look at the most unlikely seasons in nhl history. Who holds the record for most unassisted goals in nhl. Find the top 100 nhl alltime goals per game gpg leaders including past and present players. The goals can then be added up, in cases where the player has multiplegoal games. Hockeyreference utilizes official nhl data for current nhl seasons.
Top 20 greatest goals in hockey history thesportster. Rick nash is one of the nhls leaders in unassisted goals blueshirt. Mike brophy is a hockey analyst for rogers sportsnet, a syndicated columnist and twiceweekly analyst for the team 990 in montreal. John bucyk, ed westfall and ted green score on dunc wilson.
It was freely available but is now available exclusively in our ingoal members archive. List of career achievements by wayne gretzky wikipedia. The most recognizable moment in bruins history may never have happened if. Members of the hockey hall of fame are marked with an asterisk. They have also written the young adult book, war in the ring. When a player puts the puck into his own net, the goal is credited to the last player on the opposing team to touch the puck, or on rare occasion it is accredited to the opposing player who caused the puck to go into the netwas closest to the net when it went in. Most goals scored in every nhl arena the hockey writers.
A peoples history is the altogether irresistible companion book to the cbctelevision series of the same name, airing in fall 06. Malone would score at least one goal in each of his first 14 nhl games, and is still a legend in hockey, but this theory is unproven. Who has the most own goals in the history of the nhl. The 200607 nhl season saw the largest number of players five achieve their 500th goal teemu selanne, mike modano, mark recchi, mats sundin, and peter bondra. The history of the nhl hockey jersey by chris delorme. The 100 greatest players in nhl history and other stuff. Using the average scoring decrease of historys other great goalscorers as they aged, the following chart estimates what ovechkins scoring. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. In our best of the books feature, thn takes a look at the player who wore the most uniforms in nhl history. Bobby orr october 22, 1966 there have been many superstars in the history of the national hockey league, but when it comes down to the question of the best player ever, the debate generally centres around two players. Matthews becomes first in nhls 100year history to score. Gretzky hit his career high of 92 goals and his second best point total at 212.
Wong, john chikit 2001, the development of professional hockey and the making of the national hockey league, university of maryland college park, isbn 9780493368948 websites. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Alex ovechkin amazing goal vs phoenix coyotes 2006 all. A peoples history by the canadian broadcasting corporation. Nhl players who have scored the most goals by country. Brophy covered junior hockey for the peterborough examiner for 14 years and served as a senior writer with the hockey news for 17 years. Louis blues win over the dallas stars turned from a trickle of goals into an avalanche of pucks that resulted in the four fastest goals scored in. Alex ovechkin breaks nhl record for most career goals by a russian video. Gretzky set just about every scoring record you could imagine in his illustrious twentyyear career. A total of four players scored their 500th goal in the 199596 season mario lemieux, steve yzerman, mark messier, and dale hawerchuk. Of his 14 goals, 11 have come away from bell mts place. The first is those that are visually incredible and flashy, and the second is those goals that are of great importance to the history of the game.
Helena hunting goodreads author shelved 5 times as nhl avg rating 4. Analytics say ovechkin one of top goalscorers ever. Smith was the last islander to have touched the puck, and by nhl rule 78. Cyclone taylor 1918, five games, frank foyston 1919, five games, babe dye 1922, five games, 9. After unsuccessfully attempting to resolve disputes with eddie livingstone, owner of the toronto blueshirts, executives of the three other nha franchises suspended the nha, and formed the national hockey league nhl, replacing the livingstone team with a. Cullimore scored 26 goals in 812 games, but one of those is a tally that put him in the history books. Wayne gretzky player profile, stats and championships. Either he scored the first nhl goal, or the second nhl goal and the first in canadiens nhl history. Matt frattin mens hockey university of north dakota athletics. In 193738, hill played in six games, and he had a small impact. Now in paperback, updated with a new final chapter.
Today in hockey history, a little something that leafs fans will love, a set of goals scored faster than it. Wondering who holds the nhl alltime record for goals. Was alex ovechkins 2006 goal against phoenix coyotes, the greatest miracle goal in sports. Wondering who holds the nhl alltime record for assists. Auston matthews scores four goals in first nhl game. I appreciate the fact that the authors went a lot further than the nhl and actually ranked the players like a list should instead of looking at the dumb list that the league will produce. The islanders allowed the most goals in 201718 when they conceded 293 total. List of goaltenders who have scored a goal in an nhl game. Stanley year w l t otl gfpg gapg pts win% round semis finals cup 1 1984 edmonton oilers 57 18 5 5. Made his nhl debut with the toronto maple leafs on cbcs hockey night in canada two. Til that the gretzky brothers hold the nhl record for the most goals scored by a set of brothers, with a total of 2,861.
This would be very important for the nhl history books, as the dismal season gave the penguins the opportunity to draft first overall in the 1984 draft, thus making mario lemieux a penguin. Nhl players who hold the alltime record for the most goals in nhl. The next season, he played a full season and scored only 10 goals, but he became. Last seen in the 19981999 season with the new york rangers nhl. Bullard joined the 50 goal club in 198384, when he notched 51 goals for the penguins, a team that finished dead last in the nhl.
905 964 121 193 994 1289 1336 992 1171 677 672 1192 1210 313 310 833 1408 727 174 293 702 1142 174 573 1174 962 1132 707 624