Monday, June 29, 2015

2015 class of Hockey Hall of Fame...

Nicklas Lidstrom,Sergei Fedorov,Phil Housley,Angela Ruggiero,owner Peter Karmanos,builder Bill Hay,and the one player who was named(and one that i "hated")"the dirtiest player in the NHL",Chris Pronger,were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame,today... Lidstrom and Fedorov played with the Red Wings(Lidstrom won four Stanley Cups,and Fedorov won three) Lidstrom also won seven Norris Trophies,second most behind the eight Norris Trophies,by Doug Harvey... when Housley retired,he had the most points as an American born defenseman... Ruggiero won many championships,including an Olympic women's gold medal,in 1998... Karmanos was the owner of the Hartford Whalers,when they moved to Carolina,and became the Hurricanes... Bill Hay played seventeen years,early in the NHL,and Pronger beat the Red Wings,on the way to the 2007 Stanley Cup,with the Anaheim Ducks... note:he had a very controversial(for me)non-call,and the penalty was called on the Red Wings(and Anaheim scored to tie game four,late in the game,and Anaheim won in overtime),when he mugged the Red Wings' goaltender,and should have been called for a penalty,but the referees blew the call,as the Ducks got very critical penalty,as Anaheim swept the last three games of the Western Conference Finals,in 2007... even today,i have a very bad taste in my mouth over that... i am like an elephant,with a very long memory... however,congratulations to everyone inducted,today...

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