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This Day in Hockey History – May 25
Today in hockey history, a team that frequents the TDIHH segment often wins another championship, a different team wins its first Cup, a city loses a team to another city, a Hall-of-Fame goalie sets a playoff record, and one of the most extraordinary performances in playoff history. — www.hookedonhockeymagazine.com
Hooked on Hockey reminds us of many events on may 25 like:
1978 – The Canadiens beat the Bruins 4-1 in Game 6 of the Finals to become the 1978 Stanley Cup Champions
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May 19 Hooked on Hockey items
Today in hockey history, the first non-Original Six team since 1935 to win the Cup, a Stanley Cup victory for one team ends a dynasty’s streak, a defenseman sets a playoff scoring record, and a notorious GM ends his tenure with one team and begins with another. — www.hookedonhockeymagazine.com
HookedonHockey.com shares: 1996 - Coffey scored twice to become the highest goal-scoring defenseman;1984 - Oilers become 1st WHA merged team to win Cup. These posts and more are celebrated by Hooked on Hockey
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May 16 edition of Today in Hockey History
May 16 has featured plenty of overtime drama, broken records, and raised Stanley Cups throughout National Hockey League history. — thehockeywriters.com
For May 16 the Hockey Writers web site shares that Jean Beliveau dishes a couple of helpers for the Cup, Conn Smythe hardware is handed out to a Flyer, and a goalie in Montreal sets a playoff record
The Hockey Writers are telling us all about May 16 NHL history with these stories and more including pieces about Guy Lafleur, Pelle Lindbergh, Eric Lindross, and some magic in OT.
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May 13 Cup Comeback
2013: The Boston Bruins become the first NHL team to win Game 7 of a Stanley Cup Playoff series after trailing by three goals in the third period. The Bruins rally to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime at TD Garden to win their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series. — www.nhl.com
The NHL.com shares some brilliant events in hockey history from May 13 including the Bruins comeback win over the Maple Leafs in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. This story and more
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The Hooked on Hockey Historic Events of May 17
Today in hockey history, a goalie finally does something that no goalie has ever done before, two very impressive records are set in a Finals game, a dynasty wins another Cup, and a very famous European player does some work in the playoffs. — www.hookedonhockeymagazine.com
Hooked on Hockey presents events such as Ciccarelli setting an NHL playoff scoring record, Jaromir Jagr scoring a game-winner for 3rd consecutive game, and more.
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This Day in Hockey History – May 15
Today in hockey history, an Original Six team is born, a blockbuster trade involving a player that was involved in two huge trades in his career, a notorious Flyer retires and immediately finds work in management, a long game, and two related records set on the same day by two different teams. — www.hookedonhockeymagazine.com
Hooked on Hockey magazine shares the great events in hockey for May 15.
Messier guarantees victory, delivers for Rangers
1994: Mark Messier delivers on his guarantee that the New York Rangers will defeat the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final, scoring three goals in a 4-2 victory at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. — www.nhl.com
The NHL.com remembers many gems of NHL history that took place on May 25 like the in 1994 when Mark Messier guaranteed victory, and then delivered for the New York Rangers
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Today in Hockey History - May 25
May 25 is one of the most memorable days in NHL history. Not only was a bold prediction made true, but 3 Stanley Cup champions were crowned. — thehockeywriters.com
The Hockey Writers website brings us the NHL history of May 25, including:
1985 - the Great One, putting up a first-period hat trick in game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
2017 -Chris Kunitz of the Penguins lights the lamp in their 3-2 double-overtime win over the Ottawa Senators in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final
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The NHL History of May 17
THIS DATE IN HISTORY: May 171983: The New York Islanders take their place among the NHL’s greatest teams by winning the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive year. — www.nhl.com
The NHL official website shares the May 17 history of the Islanders fourth consecutive Stanley Cup, Super Mario scores in a seventh straight playoff game for the Pens, and Dryden becomes the 1st goalie to get an assist in Cup Final
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The May 18 Day in Hockey History
1971 - Montreal’s Henri Richard scored twice to lead the Canadiens to a 3-2 win at Chicago, in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Montreal... — www.greatesthockeylegends.com
The Greatest Hockey Legends site gives us a taste of history with Richard lights the lamps twice in game 7, a new 33 year-old Canuck Coach, birthdays for Kuri, Ashton, Fox, Tverdovsky, Chabot, and more.
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Vernon Earl "Earl 'The Pearl' Monroe" was an American professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a two-time All-NBA selection. Monroe wa...
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