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They may have played different positions (Esposito a forward and Orr a defenseman) but these might be the first two names that come to mind when you think of the Boston Bruins. They were the two most dominant offensive players of their era as they combined to win seven consecutive scoring titles between 1968 and 1975. In five of those seasons they finished first and second in the scoring race. They finished first and third in one of the others. The Bruins won two Stanley Cups during their time together, while Orr remains one of the most game-changing players in league history for the way he helped revolutionize the defense position. He was a consistent 100-point threat and scoring champion contender as a defenseman, something that was and still is almost unheard of in the NHL.
WEST AUCKLAND? said the lady from the Castle Players, Didn t they win the World Cup? People know that West won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which is regarded as the first World Cup, in 1909 and 1911, but that really is a piece of fantasy, something for the film-makers. If the amateur actress had said to me: “West Auckland? Didn t they once play in a final at Wembley in front of a 45,000 crowd? she would have been bang on the money, because West’s triumph in front of their largest ever crowd at the home of football exactly 60 years ago this weekend is very much the real thing.
Coyotes Open their Ring to Honor Leighton Accardo by Alex Kinkopf @AEKinkopf / Arizona Coyotes
Carly Accardo says the biggest fear of a parent who has lost a child is the fear of that child being forgotten.
The Coyotes are doing their best to soothe, just a bit, that fear. Arizona will induct Carly s daughter, Leighton Accardo, into the team s Ring of Honor, Saturday, making a legacy of her memory.
And a lasting one.
Leighton, a skater with the Kachinas hockey program, passed away, at age nine, November 24 from Stage Four cancer. Her life and spirit will be honored prior to the Coyotes 3 p.m. game against St. Louis at Gila River Arena.
Arizona Coyotes to induct 9-year-old girl who died of cancer into team s ring of honor
GLENDALE, Ariz. The Arizona Coyotes will take an extraordinary step before Saturday s game against St. Louis by inducting Leighton Accardo into their ring of honor.
Accardo, who left a deep imprint on the organization as a former member of the Arizona Kachinas youth hockey program, died of cancer on Nov. 24 at the age of 9.
The inspirational girl with the tenacity of a hockey player will become the first person in NHL history who s not a former player, coach, general manager or broadcaster to be inducted into a team s ring of honor.