OK DGB, I'll see your Leafs trivia....

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 11:24 AM EDT

(Actually, when I was at school, DGB stood for "dirty great beam". But that's another story.)

Was looking at the 92-93 trivia questions at Down Goes Brown and was completely embarrassed that I only got the answer to half of one of them (Berg). So I'm attempting to salvage some pride.

1) What sweater number has been worn by the greatest number of players in Leaf history? - # 16 worn by 66 players

2) Who was the second-last Leaf to wear #17? - Bill Stewart

3) Henrik Lundqvist set a record a couple years back for most wins by a rookie Ranger goalie. What one-time Leaf was the previous holder of that record? - Johnny Bower

4) Rick Vaive set a Leaf record for goals in a season with 54 in 1981-82. Whose record did he break? Whose record did that guy break? - Frank Mahovolich (48 in 1960-61) and Babe Dye (38 in 1924-25 for the St. Pats)

5) Who was the player traded for the first-rounder the Leafs used to draft Ian Turnbull? - Jacques Plante

6) Who was the last Leaf to lead the league in goals? - Gaye Stewart

7) Who was the last Leaf captain to retire as Leaf captain (Mats doesn't count yet). - Ted "Teeder" Kennedy

8) Who was the last Leaf to have played with a member of the 1967 Cup winners? - Ron Francis

9) Tomas Kaberle has played 681 NHL games, all with Toronto. Who was the last Leaf lifer (played only for the Leafs) to have a career that long? - Ron Ellis

10) What sweater number was worn for the first time in Leaf history last season? - #50 Darryl Boyce

More later. I'm undercaffeinated.

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Man, these are hard. The only one I know without cheating is #7: George Armstrong.
Both Gilmour and Clark retired as Maple Leafs but neither were Captain at the time.

by general borschevsky on Aug 27, 2008 1:06 PM EDT reply actions

Actually, it isn’t Armstrong. That’s a Cox-driven piece of misinformation. Army retired in 1971, but Keon had been captain since 1969. Armstrong is the last captain to retire as a Leaf without having played somewhere else in the interim. Gilmour and Clark were also captains who managed to retire as Leafs. We’re after a captain who retired while still wearing the C.

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

WTF?

Cox provides misinformation? My entire worldview has been turned upside down.

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by PPP on Aug 27, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow. The Blood Of My Chief just lost all it’s integrity. Let me try this again. Is it Teeder Kennedy?

by general borschevsky on Aug 27, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep. Liked it so much he did it twice.

by 1967ers on Aug 28, 2008 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

TRIVIA BATTLE

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by Chemmy on Aug 27, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

TWO NERDS ENTER ONE NERD LEAVES!

Or Leafs! AHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 27, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

What, you’re leaving?

by 1967ers on Aug 28, 2008 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Man, mine were easy. Why did you have to go and make these so hard?

- This is a guess, but I’ll go with #3. It’s nice and low and I can’t remember any one player wearing it for a long time.
- OK, this one I know: Wendel Clark! And before that, Wendel Clark. Before that… not sure.
- Is this a trick question? i.e nobody
- Ellis?
- Darryl Boyce #50?

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by Down Goes Brown on Aug 27, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

Re: #1 – Not #3. We’re after a number that would have been worn by a lot of players who were bit parts. It has been worn by 66 different people since 1927, so roughly 2 players every 3 years.

- Yes – we’re after the player prior to Wendel…. :)

- not a trick – we want a Leaf goalie who set this record while playing for the Rangers. Most people have no idea he was ever a Ranger.

- not Ellis – slightly earlier, and the other guy is WAY earlier

- Yep – #50 had never seen action before Darryl Boyce’s three shifts.

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey – the numbers are all screwed up there.

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Check the formatting guide but…
I think that you have to change the number after the number sign

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by PPP on Aug 27, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Does it let me fix it?

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Unfortunately not.

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by PPP on Aug 27, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Which question was the Ellis guess for?

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

It was for #9, the long-serving Leaf.

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by Down Goes Brown on Aug 27, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Then it was right – I thought you had it as answer #4.

by 1967ers on Aug 28, 2008 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Google if necessary, but it might not help.

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

It’s funny, I only know the answers to a few of these because of bombing out at Leafs trivia in the past (especially #2 and #6). Here are the rest of my guesses

1. No idea – 16? (it’s the hardest number to get on every hockey team I play on)
2. Bill Stewart
3. No idea – the only goalie I can think of who played for both teams is Wayne Thomas, but he was a Ranger long after being a Leaf
4. Lanny MacDonald, I don’t know who held it before Lanny
5. It was a goalie – Plante or Parent
6. Gaye Stewart
7. I would have guessed Armstrong, but since that’s out I’ll go with Sid Smith
8. I was positive it was Ron Ellis, unless Carl Brewer’s come back counts…
9. No Idea
10. #50

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by mf37 on Aug 27, 2008 3:29 PM EDT reply actions

No.1 is 16 – 66 players have worn #16 since 1927. Tucker skews it a bit because he had it for so long.
No.2 is Bill Stewart, the best table hockey RD ever (a post for another day)
No.3 – think earlier
No.4 – not Lanny. He had a 47-goal season. Someone else had 48 a good ways earlier. The one prior to that was WAY earlier.
No.5 is Plante. He went 8-2 for Boston at the end of 1973. Leafs got Turnbull, who is their third-highest career scorer amongst d-men (until Kaberle passes him in Nov.)
No.6 is Gaye Stewart.
No.7 – you could make a case for Smith, but he kept playing after he left the Leafs, just not at the NHL level. REAL close, though.
No.8 – Ron Ellis is the last of the ‘67 team to play for the Leafs – we’re after the last Leaf ever to have played with one of the ’67 Leafs….
No.9 has been guessed a couple times for different questions….
No.10 is Boyce.

5 of 10 right so far.

by 1967ers on Aug 27, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I looked up the answer to number 4: Frank Mahovalich (I was so sure Lanny’s 47 was the previous team record…it’s somewhat odd that I would even remember that he potted 47).

I’m not sure I understand the re-phrased version of question 9. Can you clarify?

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by mf37 on Aug 27, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions

I’ll see if I can get some of the ones not answered as of yet.

3. I’m going with Johnny Bower
7. Ted “Teeder” Kennedy
8. If I’m assuming this question correctly, since Keon was the last retired member of the ‘67 group, I’ll say Ron Francis who played in Hartford with Keon as a rookie. Or does this question mean the last player to play with a member of the ’67 team as a Leaf? Borje Salming is my answer to the latter understanding.
9. Ron Ellis

by bkblades on Aug 28, 2008 5:04 AM EDT reply actions