Some random hockey trivia

[Eleven]

 

Just from my wikipedia rabbit hole this morning.  Please use spoiler tags for answers.  Some are easy, some are harder, one is a trick question.

1.  Who was the first Sabre with a 100-point season?

2.  Gilbert Perreault set the NHL record for goals scored by a rookie.  Years and years later, his rookie goal total was exactly DOUBLED, by which (non-Sabre) rookie?

3.  Which team drafted Marcel Dionne?

4.  One man owned both the Los Angeles Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Who is he?

5.  As a junior player, Perreault billeted with a future teammate's family.  Who?

6.  The Aud hosted eight pro sports teams.  (Not necessarily all major.)  Get at it and name 'em.

@Rico7 You had some right and some wrong in the original thread. But the spoiler tag request is there for a reason, so people like @Weave and everyone else on the board can play along.  I normally wouldn't care but no one has anything to do right now.

Edited May 10, 2020 by Eleven

[Rico7]

Apologies. How do you do spoiler tags?

[Eleven]

5 minutes ago, Rico7 said:

Apologies. How do you do spoiler tags?

open bracket, the word "spoiler," close bracket.  then your answer.  then open bracket, slash, the word "spoiler" and close bracket

[thewookie1]

Hello, there

[Weave]

Just throwing words out here because I don't have confidence that I've got any right.

 

1. Pierre Turgeon I think.  2. Teemu Selanne I think.  Taking a crack at 6. Sabres, Braves, Bisons, Stallions, Bandits, Blizzard, yeah I'm outta steam.

[thewookie1]

2. 

  Teemu Selanne

6. 

Sabres, Braves, Destroyers, Blizzard, Bandits, Canisius 

 

That's what I could do off the top of my head. (I was born in 1992 so a lot of these are well before my time)

[SwampD]

I can only come up with seven.

Sabres, Stallions, Braves, Bisons, Bandits, Blizzard, Wings, ?

[tom webster]

I’m not sure how all the hidden stuff works but I think I know them all except I only have 7 of the teams. If the owner question also once owned the Redskins then I know that one. 

[dudacek]

1 Robert

2 Selanne

3 Kings

4 Jack Kent Cooke

5 Andre Savard

6 Sabres, Braves, Bisons, lacrosse, arena football (and, let’s be honest, I can’t even guess)

[tom webster]

2 minutes ago, dudacek said:

 

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1 Robert

2 Selanne

3 Kings

4 Jack Kent Cooke

5 Andre Savard

6 Sabres, Braves, Bisons, lacrosse, arena football (and, let’s be honest, I can’t even guess)

 

 

I know number three is wrong and I’m pretty sure number 5 is but that’s possible. For number 6, I have 9 answers.

[dudacek]

Just now, tom webster said:

I know number three is wrong and I’m pretty sure number 5 is but that’s possible. For number 6, I have 9 answers.

#3 is totally wrong. Clearly not thinking clearly yet today.

#5 was a total guess.

[Eleven]

Some of you are pretty impressive, especially with the obscure #4.

Rico7 had the most correct in the original thread.

Here are your answers:

1.  Who was the first Sabre with a 100-point season?

 

 

Rene Robert

 

2.  Gilbert Perreault set the NHL record for goals scored by a rookie.  Years and years later, his rookie goal total was exactly DOUBLED, by which (non-Sabre) rookie?

 

 

Teemu Selanne

 

3.  Which team drafted Marcel Dionne?

 

 

Detroit

 

4.  One man owned both the Los Angeles Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Who is he?

 

 

Jack Kent Cooke owned the Kings as well as the Toronto Maple Leafs minor league baseball team. 

 

5.  As a junior player, Perreault billeted with a future teammate's family.  Who?

 

 

Richard Martin

 

6.  The Aud hosted eight pro sports teams.  (Not necessarily all major.)  Get at it and name 'em.

 

 

Sabres, Braves, Bandits, Stallions, Blizzard, Stampede (roller hockey), Bisons (AHL), and the very obscure Buffalo-Toronto Royals of World Team Tennis.  The Destroyers and the Wings played at the current arena.

 

Edited May 10, 2020 by Eleven

[tom webster]

4 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Some of you are pretty impressive, especially with the obscure #4.

Rico7 had the most correct in the original thread.

Here are your answers:

1.  Who was the first Sabre with a 100-point season?

 

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Rene Robert

 

2.  Gilbert Perreault set the NHL record for goals scored by a rookie.  Years and years later, his rookie goal total was exactly DOUBLED, by which (non-Sabre) rookie?

 

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Teemu Selanne

 

3.  Which team drafted Marcel Dionne?

 

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Detroit

 

4.  One man owned both the Los Angeles Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Who is he?

 

  Hide contents

Jack Kent Cooke owned the Kings as well as the Toronto Maple Leafs minor league baseball team. 

 

5.  As a junior player, Perreault billeted with a future teammate's family.  Who?

 

  Hide contents

Richard Martin

 

6.  The Aud hosted eight pro sports teams.  (Not necessarily all major.)  Get at it and name 'em.

 

  Hide contents

Sabres, Braves, Bandits, Stallions, Blizzard, Stampede (roller hockey), Bisons (AHL), and the very obscure Buffalo-Toronto Royals of World Team Tennis.  The Destroyers and the Wings played at the current arena.

 

I was wrong on 5, thought it was Norm Gratton. As for 6, I got the eight and then a friend pointed out that there was a Bison’s basketball team for one year in the forties. I actually went to a couple team tennis matches so I had that one.

[Eleven]

2 minutes ago, tom webster said:

I was wrong on 5, thought it was Norm Gratton. As for 6, I got the eight and then a friend pointed out that there was a Bison’s basketball team for one year in the forties. I actually went to a couple team tennis matches so I had that one.

Wow.  Indeed, there was a Bisons basketball team, but not even for a full year. They are the Atlanta Hawks now. And yes, they did play at The Aud.  Nice call, TW's friend.

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[bob_sauve28]

[spoiler hi] 

[tom webster]

Here is a question for you. Only twice has a team drafted three future all stars in the same draft.

[Eleven]

2 hours ago, tom webster said:

Here is a question for you. Only twice has a team drafted three future all stars in the same draft.

I don't know how I did this, but I nailed one of them.  Even checked my work.  

 

I somehow knew it was the Isles in the Bossy draft, and, sure enough.

 Must have been burned into my brain long ago or something. 

Edited May 15, 2020 by Eleven

[tom webster]

49 minutes ago, Eleven said:

I don't know how I did this, but I nailed one of them.  Even checked my work.  

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I somehow knew it was the Isles in the Bossy draft, and, sure enough.

 Must have been burned into my brain long ago or something. 

Um, I’m not sure who you are counting as number three in that class.

[Eleven]

9 minutes ago, tom webster said:

Um, I’m not sure who you are counting as number three in that class.

Bossy, Tonelli, and Marini all were drafted by the Isles in 1977 and all three played in all-star games.  

[tom webster]

6 hours ago, Eleven said:

 

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Bossy, Tonelli, and Marini all were drafted by the Isles in 1977 and all three played in all-star games.  

 

Well then, Hockey Reference was wrong. Apparently there was at least 3 times and Eleven has one of them.

[tom webster]

For the record, I reached out to Hockey Reference for clarification. 

[shrader]

3 hours ago, tom webster said:

For the record, I reached out to Hockey Reference for clarification. 

Three future all stars seems like an odd designation.  With those rosters turning over constantly each season, only three teams pulling that off seems incredibly low.  Now if it was supposed to be hall of famers, now that seems like it could be doable.  Buffalo almost hit that one with the Housley draft.  Could the real question be about the first and second team all star awards instead of the actual all star game itself?

As for the all star version, did each of these three play in one of those games?   It's tough to tell especially in more recent years as less guys can get in from one team.

Kessel, Marchand, Lucic

[tom webster]

13 minutes ago, shrader said:

Three future all stars seems like an odd designation.  With those rosters turning over constantly each season, only three teams pulling that off seems incredibly low.  Now if it was supposed to be hall of famers, now that seems like it could be doable.  Buffalo almost hit that one with the Housley draft.  Could the real question be about the first and second team all star awards instead of the actual all star game itself?

As for the all star version, did each of these three play in one of those games?   It's tough to tell especially in more recent years as less guys can get in from one team.

 

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Kessel, Marchand, Lucic

 

No, hockey reference clarified and it is three all stars with the caveat being last three decades. To me it reinforces how hard it is to hit on anything past the 3rd round.

In both correct versions, one guy made the all star team while playing for another team, which oddly enough, is also the case in eleven’s answer.

[shrader]

19 minutes ago, tom webster said:

No, hockey reference clarified and it is three all stars with the caveat being last three decades. To me it reinforces how hard it is to hit on anything past the 3rd round.

In both correct versions, one guy made the all star team while playing for another team, which oddly enough, is also the case in eleven’s answer.

That's the only way it can happen today now that there are so many teams.

It's funny, I'm actually more curious right now about some of the older ones.  As you can imagine, Edmonton had quite a run, 5 all stars drafted between 1979 and 1980, 4 of them hall of famers.  Those were their first two drafts, so talk about hitting the ground running.  Then they added another all star/hall of famer the following year

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, tom webster said:

the caveat being last three decades.

That would explain why my response is not included.

Edited May 15, 2020 by Eleven