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Hockey Events of the DayThis Day in Hockey History – May 25
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
May 19 Hooked on Hockey items
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
May 16 edition of Today in Hockey History
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.
May 13 Cup Comeback
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
The Hooked on Hockey Historic Events of May 17
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.
This Day in Hockey History – May 15
Hooked on Hockey magazine shares the great events in hockey for May 15.
Messier guarantees victory, delivers for Rangers
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
Today in Hockey History - May 25
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
The NHL History of May 17
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
The May 18 Day in Hockey History
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.
May 18 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 7 - 16 May 18, 1897 - Early MLB star of the New York Giants, Bill Joyce established a record of 4 triples in 1 ...
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May 17 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 44 - 36 May 17, 1925 - Cleveland Indians centerfielder Tris Speaker reached his 3,000th hit in his MLB career. In 1...
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May 16 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 5 - 9 - 22 May 16, 1927 - New York Yankee outfielder, Bob Meusel, wearing Number 5 stole 2nd base, 3rd base and&nbs...
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May 15 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. May 15, 1912 - Detroit Tigers star slugger Ty Cobb, let's an obnoxious fan get to him and the player leaped the rail...
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May 14 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 37 - 7 May 14, 1913 - Washington Senator pitcher Walter Johnson, had his amazing MLB record of scoreless innings str...
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May 13 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 22 - 21 May 13, 1942 - Who says pitchers can't hit? Boston Braves Pitcher, Number 22, Jim Tobin smacked 3 ball...
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