GASabresIUFAN Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 Obviously Patrick Kane is the best NHL player born or raised in WNY. He leads WNYers in goals, assists and games and is a first ballot HOFer when he becomes eligible. I was watching the inept 5 min pp and my mind began to wander. I was thinking about Gilbert being from Buffalo and how most of the guys from WNY were depth or AAAA players with some notable exceptions. Names like Marchant, the Foligno brothers, the Gionta brothers, Stempniak, Callahan and Amherst raised Brooks Orpik came to mind. If we expand the definition of WNY to extend to Syracuse or Ithaca we can add Tuch, Dustin Brown and Connolly. Anyone else? So who is the 2nd best player born or raised in WNY? Quote
mjd1001 Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 Its a tough question. Just even with the players you mentioned above, I can make a case for a few of them. No one really clear cut to me unless I can think about it a lot more. Quote
inkman Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 I think it’s Brian Gionta I don’t think it’s really that close. 1 Quote
Porous Five Hole Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 It’s either Nick Foligno or Brian Gionta. Nick has played over 1200 nhl games is impressive. But I agree with Inkman..Jeep had almost 600 points, won a cup, and was the captain of the frickin Canadians. The only other American to ever do that was Chris Chelios. Quote
shrader Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 The Gionta brothers? There’s no way Stephen escapes that AAAA label. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted February 2 Author Report Posted February 2 (edited) What about Brooks Orpik. 1000 games, 2 Cups and what a great shutdown D Ithaca’s Dustin Brown also comes to mind. Nearly 1300 games 700+ points and 2Cups. Do we consider Ithaca WNY or central NY. It is West of Syracuse. Edited February 2 by GASabresIUFAN 1 Quote
SwampD Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 18 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said: What about Brooks Orpik. 1000 games, 2 Cups and way a great shutdown D Ithaca’s Dustin Brown also comes to mind. Nearly 1300 games 700+ points and 2Cups. Do we consider Ithaca WNY or central NY. It is West of Syracuse. No. I'm just curious, what caused you to start this thread,… during the game? Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted February 2 Author Report Posted February 2 21 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said: I bought a Kennedy Jersey to celebrate a WNY kid playing for the Sabres. I thought then he’d have a nice career in Buffalo but then arbitration happened. 1 Quote
thewookie1 Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 (edited) Brian Gionta would be #2 Nick Foligno likely grabs #3 From there its more a grab bag of journey men and a great at a time defensive d-man Add in the region for Tuch and Connolly and they probably help split up the randos and Orpik Edited February 2 by thewookie1 Quote
shrader Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 (edited) 2 hours ago, SwampD said: No. I'm just curious, what caused you to start this thread,… during the game? Had to reach his quota. Edited February 3 by shrader 3 Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted February 3 Author Report Posted February 3 6 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: I was watching the inept 5 min pp and my mind began to wander. I was thinking about Gilbert being from Buffalo and how most of the guys from WNY were depth or AAAA players with some notable exceptions. Names like Marchant, the Foligno brothers, the Gionta brothers, Stempniak, Callahan and Amherst raised Brooks Orpik came to mind. From the OP. I guess reading isn't fundamental. 3 hours ago, thewookie1 said: Brian Gionta would be #2 Nick Foligno likely grabs #3 From there its more a grab bag of journey men and a great at a time defensive d-man Add in the region for Tuch and Connolly and they probably help split up the randos and Orpik Gionta was near the top of my list with Orpik. When I expanded it out to Syracuse and Ithaca Dustin Brown went to the top of the list with Gionta because of his 325 goals and 712 points in 1296 games and 2 Cups Quote
SwampD Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 9 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: From the OP. I guess reading isn't fundamental. Gionta was near the top of my list with Orpik. When I expanded it out to Syracuse and Ithaca Dustin Brown went to the top of the list with Gionta because of his 325 goals and 712 points in 1296 games and 2 Cups And now I’m not curious anymore. I didn’t know Gilbert was from Buffalo. Quote
mphs mike Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 Now you're making this old guy look up Jack Brownschidle's stats. 1 1 Quote
Ross Rhea Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 Gionta or Brown https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/us-state/nhl-players-born-in-new-york-career-stats.html Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted February 3 Author Report Posted February 3 24 minutes ago, mphs mike said: Now you're making this old guy look up Jack Brownschidle's stats. I was thinking about the Brownschidle brothers as I wrote the OP. They were the first Amherst guys to make it. As a kid playing in the Amherst leagues, they were the guys we looked up to. 2 Quote
JP51 Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 1 hour ago, mphs mike said: Now you're making this old guy look up Jack Brownschidle's stats. I was waiting for Peter Scamurra lol... Brownschidle was actually a great d man that could score... I think GIonta and Orpik are my picks.. Quote
shrader Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 (edited) Stempniak is second all time for playing on the most teams. I doubt we have any second all times for any other league wide stats. All this American-born only stuff ignores way too many players😀 Edited February 4 by shrader Quote
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