Trivia!
by 1967ers on May 26, 2010 1:42 PM EDT
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1. Hab fans have been kind enough to remind us of the last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup. When was the last time they made a Final and didn't win it?
2. The Leafs have had three different goaltenders who set a single-season record for most regular-season games played by a goaltender (none set as a Leaf, tho'). Who are they? (Note - record is >70 games therefore all post-expansion.)
3. Who was the last Leaf goaltender to lead the league in GAA?
4. Who holds the Leafs' rookie record for points in a season (not Borschevsky - he was not a rookie by the then-standards)?
5. Three Leafs have worn number 13. Name them.
6. Rick Vaive was the first Leaf to score 50. Who held the single-season goal record prior to that? What was it?
7. In Henrik Lundqvist's rookie season, he set a Ranger record for wins by a rookie. The old record holder was much better known as a Leaf. Who used to hold the Ranger record for wins by a rookie goalie?
8. Only one member of the Hound Line was not a converted defenseman. Which one?
9. Which Leaf first-rounder took the longest time to play his first game as a Leaf? (14 years)
10. True or false - when Conn Smythe bought the team and changed their name from "St. Patricks" to "Maple Leafs," he was actually doing something that the previous ownership had been mulling all season.
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This is a lot more fun than beating up on “chess2004132”
Time consuming too.
When is it due by? :P
BS
Can we use the google?
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 26, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
That might make you forfeit the non-existent prize….
There’s actually an easier cheat that that. I’ll tell you what it is later.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
I’ll just use m’noggin, won’t taint the victory.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 26, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
- 6 – Frank Mahovlich with 48!
- 10 – True because Toronto is a bastion of Protestant evil and St. Patrick’s was considered too ‘Papist’.
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Question 6 – Yes
Question 10 – Probably, though the reason floated was to sync it up with the baseball team (don’t like the spelling? Blame it on 19th-century baseball). The whole “Maple Leaf Regiment” thing may or may not also be true, but the rumours of the name change predate Smythe. (See Holzman and Nieforth).
Leaf, the universe and everything.
d’oh, the blog turned my “#8” into a 1…the above is the answer to 8
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
1. 1989: Calgary beat Montreal in the SC Final. I do believe it was the only time the Habs lost the Cup on home ice.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
It was.
I thought that question was about the Leafs though.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 26, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
OK – bad phrasing on my part. “They” meant “the Leafs.”
Shoulda been “we.”
Leaf, the universe and everything.
1960.
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 26, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Last time the Leafs made the SC and lost was 1960, to the dreaded Habs no less.
Bitter Leaf Fan: because sometimes there's no option but to be bitter...
2. Curtis Joseph, Ed Belfour, and J.S. Gigeure.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 26, 2010 2:10 PM EDT reply actions
Wait – did Giguere ever set that record? Gotta see.
No to the others. Remember, they have had to have held the NHL record. Belfour’s 74 games wasn’t a record.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
Ah, cuss.
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 26, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh wait, Raycroft is one
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 26, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I know this one
Fuhr, Potvin and Kolzig…
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, wow, does Kolzig count. totally forgot we had him.
Fuhr and he seem right,
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on May 26, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
is #4 Peter Ihnacak….?
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:10 PM EDT reply actions
i know some (one) thing…!
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
3. Jacques Plante
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7. Johnny Bower
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i had to google #5
so i won’t post the answer. interesting that in all the years of the teams existence, only three players ever wore 13 though…
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
i did scratch my head in wonder…
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
OK
Ken Linseman, Ken Yaremchuk and some yokel named Mats Sundin…
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
2. Bernie Parent and Grant Fuhr for sure. Other guy maybe Gary Smith?
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Yes to all three. Gary Smith with the ’71 Seals.
(Makes mental note to ban Bruce from all future trivia threads….) :)
Leaf, the universe and everything.
Used to be a Leaf fan (w-a-a-a-y) back in the day
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 26, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
>:(
And you left?
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I live in Edmonton. New league → local team → merger → Harold Ballard → say no more
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 26, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmm, someone must have put glue on the oilers bandwagon
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by JaredFromLondon on May 26, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he gets a pass for the Oilers originally being in the WHA
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by Karina on May 26, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I moved to Edmonton in 1971, started cheering for the Oilers (and still for the Leafs) in ‘72, but by ’79 was forced to choose. I had season tix, we had Gretzky, and you had Ballard. His being a compleat prick during the merger negotiations cemented it, but he was already well on his way to running his team into the ground again. If you’re interested, a while back I wrote this piece about my personal road to Damascus.
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 26, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Join me on the Hockey Blog Adventure! (or Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)
by Cornelius Hardenbergh on May 26, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn, imagine if the Leafs had actually gone through with the plan to buy the Leafs. That would have been poetic justice.
And Saul turned towards the light, you turned away.
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Ok, but you can’t come back in three years for the parade.
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I think #6 is maybe Lanny McDonald…?
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
doh
didn’t notice it…
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Where’d you find that one?
Correct, just cursing that it was found.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
The secret other cheat is that the answers are all to be found on this very site. I ran something like eight trivia threads two years ago.
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heh
I was going to point that out but thought maybe the new people wouldn’t know.
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I realized that when I put the “leafs trivia” tag on it that I probably shouldn’t have.
I just wanted to get us talking about something other than trashing noobs.
Leaf, the universe and everything.
didn’t last long enough, I was still trashing when I found this and all the answers are given already :(
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by Karina on May 26, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Correct answers to date:
No. 1. Montreal
No. 2. Gary Smith, Bernie Parent, Grant Fuhr (and d@mn the lot of you I need to verify Giggy and Kolzig)
No. 3. Jacques Plante
No. 4. Peter Ihnacak
No. 6. Frank Mahovlich with 48
No. 7. Johnny Bower
No. 8. Courtnall
No. 9. Walt McKechnie
No. 10. True
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by JaredFromLondon on May 26, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Sundin and Linseman, but I can’t come up with the third.
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 26, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought you said there was a more recent answer to #3.
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 26, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Felix the Cat?
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by Bruce McCurdy on May 26, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
re: #2
Potvin played 74 games, but it was with the Leafs, so doesn’t count…?
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by blurr1974 on May 26, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll just post my answers before I read through the comments
I could only answer 1-4 and 6-8. I’ve since found out the answer to 9 and 10 and part of 5.
1. 1960
2. Fuhr, Belfour, Parent
3. Potvin
4. Peter Ihnacak
5. Sundin, ?, ?,
6. Frank Mahovlich – 48 goals in 1960-61
7. Johnny Bower
8. Russ Courtnall
by Slava Duris #24 on May 26, 2010 2:55 PM EDT reply actions
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