Leafs Trivia #6

by 1967ers on Sep 15, 2008 1:11 PM EDT

Getting to the end of these, just in time for training camp. I had 53 questions in total, so I'll have to dredge up a few more or #7 will be real short.

41. Which one-time Leaf was the only player to be taken in both the 1967 and 1979 expansion drafts? - Doug Favell (Flyers in 1967, Edmonton in 1979)

42. The first player ever drafted in an NHL entry draft was a two-time Leaf. Who? - Garry Monahan

43. Of all the Leafs' first-round picks, who took the longest to play his first game in Blue and White? - Walt McKechnie

44. Who is the latest Leaf draft pick ever to play for the Leafs? (not by round - by draft number - i.e. a player taken 53rd overall could have been drafted anywhere between the 2nd and 5th rounds, depending when the draft was. We're looking for the latest selection in terms of draft number. ) - Staffan Kronwall (285th pick in 2002)

45. For two games in 1990-91, Ken Linseman was one of three Leafs in history to do what? - Wear # 13 (Mats Sundin and Gary Yaremchuk are the others)

46. Which Leaf holds the record for most OT goals in the same game (3)? - Ken Doraty

47. What Leaf held the unoffical record for the most consecutive consonants to start his surname with 5? - McLlwain

48. Who stripped Todd Gill of the puck in the last minute of the last game of the 1988-89 season, walked in alone on Allan Bester and scored, ending the Leafs playoff hopes? - Troy Murray

49. Who had the highest career point totals of all the players drafted by the Leafs? - Vincent Damphousse

50. Two 12th-round draft picks of the Leafs are now in NHL management - one is a very succesful GM, the other a rookie NHL head coach. Who are they? - Ken Holland and Peter DeBoer

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48. Who stripped Todd Gill of the puck in the last minute of the last game of the 1988-89 season, walked in alone on Allan Bester and scored, ending the Leafs playoff hopes?

Careful, The General and DGB are preparing their 5,000 word posts to defend Todd Gill of your ‘unwarranted’ smear ;)

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by PPP on Sep 15, 2008 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

Well, I DID call him the best #23 of all time….

After the arrival of Pat Burns, the word “Gillaway” fell out of the Leafer lexicon.

At one of his first training camps, Todd was given a Leafs sweater with #23 on the back and #32 on the sleeves. An omen, maybe?

by 1967ers on Sep 15, 2008 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions

45. Did he wear #0?
48. Troy Murray?

And no, I’m not taking the bait on Gill. PPP is trying to sucker me in, Bill Berg-style.

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2008 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

Convenient

No defence? Probably because there isn’t one…

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by PPP on Sep 16, 2008 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Ya, I nearly fell for it too, DGB. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that infamous give-away. My view was blocked by the pylon on my head, but apperantly I was pointing in the right direction.

And #47 is McCllwain. Played for Burns in ’93 but I guess Burns hated him ’cause they dumped him on Ottawa the next year.

by general borschevsky on Sep 16, 2008 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

47. McLlwain. His teachers probably had fun with that one.

by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2008 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

At one point, he was (and maybe still is) the last player to play in all four divisions in the same season.

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2008 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Certainly one of a very small number to play for four teams in one year. Dennis O’Brien did in the 1970’s, trying to think if there are others.

by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s on one of the early Don Cherry videos, if you have those. Probably within the first 3-4.

by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2008 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions

“It” being, of course, the “Gillaway” to end all Gillaways.

Gill became good enough at the end to get out of Dodge. Can’t argue with that. Poor return in Jamie Baker. All I remember of Baker is getting hit in the mush trying to block a shot.

by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2008 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions

45. He didn’t wear 0 (Neil Sheehy is the only person I’ve seen do that), but you’re on the right track….
48. Troy “&&^(*&” Murray is correct. Troy was also a Sen, IIRC.

by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2008 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, he wore #13 didn’t he?

So if only three have done that, who’s the other guy?

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2008 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

One of three to wear #13 is correct.

Could leave the identity of the other guy as question 54, but nah, it’s Gary Yaremchuk.

by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, obviously I knew Yaremchuk, but who was the third?

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 16, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions

ba-dum-pish! ;)

by 1967ers on Sep 17, 2008 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

40. Ken Holland and Peter DeBoer

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by koopa kid on Sep 16, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply actions

er, should read 50…

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by koopa kid on Sep 16, 2008 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep!

by 1967ers on Sep 16, 2008 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Hints

41. early-70’s goalie
42. Leaf stints were approx 1970-73 and 1977-79. Probably have to google it. Wasn’t a big name.
43. Drafted 1964, played 1978. Pretty good #2 centre.
44. Still in the system. Longshot for this year’s team. Look at the question number.
46. Only one player ever managed a hat trick in overtime….
49. One of the first out the door in Fletch 1.0.

by 1967ers on Sep 17, 2008 12:50 PM EDT reply actions

44

Staffan Kronwall

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by PPP on Sep 17, 2008 1:39 PM EDT reply actions

Staffan Kronwall was the 285th pick in 2002 (9th round). Leafs also had a pair of 11th-rounders make the team – Sergei Berezin (11th/245th 1992) and Tim Armstrong (11th/211th 1985)

by 1967ers on Sep 17, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

#49

Of course, Vince Damphousse

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 18, 2008 10:35 AM EDT reply actions

It is indeed.

by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions

OK – that leaves 41, 42, 43 and 46.

41. A player the Leafs picked up to make up for a guy who bolted for the WHA and didn’t want to come back – not to the Leafs, anyway.
42. Hmm – guy played a good 10 years. Cups of coffee in Montreal and Detroit, then was a regular here and (I think) Vancouver. Outside of handing you the name, can’t think of a hint. Wore #20.
43. Still holds the record (I think) for being the most-traded person in NHL history (not the most teams – the most trades).
46. Little guy – 1930s. OT periods weren’t sudden death, so he was able to pot 3.

by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 11:08 AM EDT reply actions

43. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl202tZpcxM

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by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions

46 – Ken Doraty. Google almost didn’t come through for me.

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by PPP on Sep 18, 2008 3:24 PM EDT reply actions

Yes.

Remember that name for Leafs Trivia #7….

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by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

41 – Walt McKechnie?

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by PPP on Sep 18, 2008 3:26 PM EDT reply actions

43, you mean. Yes.

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by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes

Yes I do.

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by PPP on Sep 18, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

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by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

That’s #41, and I don’t mean Kulemin.

Or Tlusty.

Or Allison….

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by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s #42 – not that it’s likely to help.

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by 1967ers on Sep 18, 2008 4:29 PM EDT reply actions

42. Gerry Monahan

44. I always assumed this was Sergei Berezin, but I think Kronwall was a little later

46. Doraty also scored on Tiny Thompson to end the 2nd longest game of all time. Aside from that and the three goaler – 11 career goals. He knew how to pick his spots.

by Grabovski's better than you think on Sep 18, 2008 4:39 PM EDT reply actions