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Top 90 of the ’90s
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THE GOOD FIGHT
MARC TARDIF HAS A hard time choosing which shining moment in his illustrious hockey career stands out as his favorite. You can hardly blame the guy for having to think it over. He won just about every major team trophy he could in his career, taking home a Memorial Cup with the Montreal Jr. Canadiens in 1969, two Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens (1971, 1973) and an Avco Cup with the WHA’s Quebec Nordiques in 1977. And it was with the Nordiques where he became the third pro player – after Phil Esposito and Bobby Hull – to score more than 70 goals in a season. He remains the WHA’s all-time leading goal-scorer. “There were so many amazing things and great friendships,” Tardif said. “It’s impossible to pick just one…
TOP 90 OF THE ‘90S: 53-59
>53. ERIC DESJARDINS D | PHI, MTL 1990s STATS: 736 GP | 97 G | 307 A | 404 P | 487 PIM A crucial part of Montreal’s march to the Stanley Cup in 1993, Desjardins was an excellent two-way defenseman who led the playoffs in points by a blueliner that year and is still the only D-man to score a hat trick in the Cup final. After moving to Philadelphia, Desjardins earned back-to-back second-team all-star nods. >54. RICK TOCCHET RW | PHX, PIT, PHI, LA, BOS, WSH 1990s STATS: 651 GP | 264 G | 286 A | 550 P | 1,430 PIM A smashing power forward, Tocchet won a Stanley Cup with the Penguins in ’92 and otherwise spent the decade causing chaos for opponents. Tocchet ranks in the top 50 in scoring for the…
TOP 90 OF THE ‘90S: 8-13
>8. JOE SAKIC C | QUE/COL 1990s STATS: 702 GP | 341 G | 555 A | 896 P | 317 PIM Playing in an era with so many other iconic centers deprived Sakic of individual awards, except the Conn Smythe – which he earned while leading the Avs to their first Cup in 1996. His 896 points are tied for second in the decade, and these days, ‘Burnaby Joe’ is still helping the Avs as the team’s president of hockey ops. >9. BRETT HULL RW | STL, DAL 1990s STATS: 712 GP | 464 G | 378 A | 842 P | 298 PIM No one scored as many goals in the ’90s as did Hull. No one was even close – Hull’s 464 tallies are 77 more than second-place Jaromir Jagr. Hull also got his…
PUCK CULTURE
1. COSMIC CRAZINESS 1996-97 Fleer Metal Universe If you collected hockey cards in the 1990s and wished they pictured your favorite players skating through the cosmos, busting through walls or shooting lasers, then the 1996-97 Fleer Metal Universe was the set to collect. The 200-card offering featured some of the most bizarre cards ever made. Metal Universe included cards of Felix Potvin catching an exploding puck, Steve Yzerman with cybernetic attachments, Theo Fleury on an alien planet covered by giant plants, Dave Manson at the nucleus of an atom and Curtis Joseph fending off a swarm of giant flying eyeballs, among other ridiculousness. Each card was printed on shiny, metallic cardstock, putting Metal Universe over the top. 2. PUCK POGS 1994-95 Canada Games NHL Pogs Perhaps no collectible was more emblematic of the mid-1990s than…
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