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Well, we are talking about points and the NHL. Who else would be on top of this list but Gretzky? The Great One is a big reason why the top-four players are all Oilers. However, Gretzky’s numbers are truly insane. He retired with a staggering 382 playoff points. That’s almost 100 more than Messier! Gretzky had more playoff points than Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic
combined. Truly, he was one of a kind.
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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.
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Phil Pritchard, the white-gloved guardian of the Stanley Cup, wasn t at the Montreal Forum in June 1993 to witness that rarest of recent NHL sights: a Canadian team raising the silver chalice overhead.
Pritchard was on the job at the time, but in Los Angeles, waiting to see if that season s Canadiens-Kings title series would extend past a fifth game. It didn t - Wayne Gretzky was no match for Patrick Roy - and Pritchard flew to Quebec to facilitate the Habs championship summer shortly thereafter. He ushered the Cup to some of the players hometowns in neighboring Ontario and Vermont, and team and trophy toured La Belle Province, basking in the kind of rave reception from grateful fans that no northerly franchise has enjoyed for the past 28 years.
Montreal Canadiens’ Eurotrip: Part 1 A team in turmoil
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This past September, the marked the 30th anniversary of their one-and-only trip across the Atlantic ocean to the Soviet Union. They brought their reputable franchise to an unfriendly territory, just as massive political upheaval was sweeping the territory, to face off against their storied rival for the first time on their soil. This is the story of that tour.
The history between the Canadiens and the Soviet Union is well documented. So it came with little surprise that one day the Canadiens would travel abroad to face their international foes. The chosen time happened to be a tour to start the 1990-91 training camp as the team was going through some major changes.