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Top 100 Players of All-Time
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ROCKET’S ENDURING PASSION
1961 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS dictatorial GM Conn Smythe gave root to one of hockey’s great injustices, one that seems to have been perpetuated outside Montreal for decades. From the time Smythe declared Maurice Richard to be, “just a wartime player,” after Richard scored 50 goals in 50 games in 1944-45, the notion has persisted Rocket prospered only because the best players were in Europe fighting in the Second World War. But let’s deal in the facts. First of all, Richard tried to enlist twice and was turned down. Secondly, it’s true he scored his 50-in-50 during the war, but he led the league in goals four more times after the war and the reality is he was more productive after the war than before. With 87 goals and 138 points in 112 games,…
27 SCOTT NIEDERMAYER
IS ANY PLAYER more decorated? A Memorial Cup, world junior title, World Championship, World Cup, two Olympic gold medals and four Stanley Cups – Scott Niedermayer is the only player ever to win a major championship at every level. He was a gifted skater who moved about the ice effortlessly, a pinpoint passer and perennial offensive threat, though surprisingly he never broke the 70-point barrier and, thanks to Nicklas Lidstrom, won the Norris Trophy just once. But it’s his leadership qualities that set him apart. Groomed under Scott Stevens in New Jersey, Niedermayer had the winning touch. DEFENSEMAN 1991-2010 BORN AUG. 31, 1973 EDMONTON, ALTA. HT 6-1 WT 195 SHOOTS LEFT TOTALS GP 1,263 G 172 A 568 PTS 740 PIM 784 AWARDS & HONORS 2003-04 NORRIS TROPHY 2006-07 CONN SMYTHE TROPHY NHL FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM 2004, 2006, 2007 NHL SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM 1998…
16 BRETT HULL
2009 WHO KNEW the knock on Brett Hull was actually the secret to his success? Fiercely talented and blessed with one of the best shots hockey has ever known, Hull wasn’t above whispers that, at times, he wasn’t giving his all on the ice. According to his dad, that’s just how Hull played the game. “Brett Hull got more done with less work than anyone I ever saw,” said Bobby Hull of his boy. That’s not a father taking a swipe at his son. It’s a proud dad declaring his kid operated on an efficient level he himself could never quite reach. “He was the smartest player on the ice, he and Gretzky and Lemieux,” Bobby said. “I skated all over the ice to get done what he got done in just a few short strides.” It…
BOSTON BRUINS
IT WORKS OUT well that the second-best center, left winger and right winger in the history of the Boston Bruins all played together on a unit under the moniker the ‘Kraut Line,’ mainly in the 1940s. Milt Schmidt at center, Woody Dumart at left wing and Bobby Bauer at right wing were childhood friends who grew up together, played together in the NHL and even bravely fought together in the Second World War. The three were youngsters when Boston won its second Stanley Cup in 1939 and leaders when they won it again in 1941. While serving in the Canadian military in the middle of their careers, they missed three NHL seasons. Boston has been a home to many great defensemen over the years, as well. Besides Bobby Orr at the head…
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