What was the first year the NHL consisted of only the "original six" teams - Detroit, Chicago, Montreal, Boston, Toronto, and the New York Rangers?
From 1942-43 to 1966-67, the NHL consisted only of these six teams. In those 25 seasons, Montreal won the most Stanley Cups (10) followed by Toronto (9), Detroit (5), and Chicago (1). Neither Boston nor New York won the Cup in that time.
Who won the Conn Smythe Trophy when the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 1996?
Center Joe Sakic earned the playoff MVP award. Sakic set an NHL single-year playoff record with six game-winning goals, and his 18 playoff goals was one shy of the NHL record.
What Simcoe, Ontario, native would be taken only 70th overall in the 1988 Entry Draft, but blossom into one of the league's best defensemen with the Los Angeles Kings in the late 1990's?
Rob Blake, born on December 10,1969, was a first-team all-star in 1998 - the same year he won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defensemen after scoring 23 goals and assisting on 27 others.