On March 5, 1983 the Hartford Whalers suffered though their 5th game of the season where they gave up 10 or more goals. In this game at the Colisee de Quebec, the Nordiques scored a 10-3 win over the Whalers. Fortunately for the Whalers, this was the last time it happened during the season that they were playing. Exactly four years to the day later the Whalers turned the trick at home agianst the Boston Bruins with a 10-2 win. Nine years to the day after the featured game in question, the Nordiques paid a visit to the Whalers, you guessed it, a 10-4 win for the visitors. Today neither club is in the league as the Whalers have since moved to Carolina and become the Hurricanes. The Nordiques have since moved to Denver and become the Colorado Avalance. Hartford now has a team in the American Hockey League, but Quebec only has a team in junior hockey, a member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is 15 goals in 29 World Cup games have been scored by the United States team. Three times they have scored 3 goals in a game, they did it twice in 1930 the first tournament. Todays trivia question is when the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants moved West after the 1957 season, three Pacific Coast League teams were forced to move, The Los Angeles Angels, the Hollywood Stars and the San Francisco Seals. Where did each of these teams move to? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about the United States Football League.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
How Did That Happen?
Yesterday I promised a look at the Hartford Whalers, as a last bit of proofreading before publishing I discovered the events being profiled were a day early. Today I am switching to my old standby, baseball. We are going to look at a league called the Piedmont League. The league had started out in 1920 as a North Carolina based league. As time progressed the league slowly drifted North. By the time the league folded after the 1955 season it was Virginia based with a couple of teams in Pennsylvania. On March 4, 1931, the league expanded by two clubs when the Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina clubs were admitted to give the league eight clubs.
Exactly six years to the day later, the league expanded by two again to again give it eight clubs. The league welcomed the Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North Carolina clubs into the league. Wait another minute!! Charlotte was admited into the league on two separate occasions exactly six years apart. The first club moved to Rocky Mount, North Carolina after the 1935 season and the league had lost two clubs in 1932. This time the Hornets stayed in the league until after the 1942 season. Today the Charlotte Knights are long standing members of the AAA International League.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is the Baltimore Colts, who scored 27 points in a 70-27 loss to the Rams, who beat the Detriot Lions 65-24 the following weekend. The Colts-Rams game was played on October 22, 1950. Todays trivia question is how many goals have been scored by the United States Soccer team at the World Cup tourament in its history?
Exactly six years to the day later, the league expanded by two again to again give it eight clubs. The league welcomed the Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North Carolina clubs into the league. Wait another minute!! Charlotte was admited into the league on two separate occasions exactly six years apart. The first club moved to Rocky Mount, North Carolina after the 1935 season and the league had lost two clubs in 1932. This time the Hornets stayed in the league until after the 1942 season. Today the Charlotte Knights are long standing members of the AAA International League.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is the Baltimore Colts, who scored 27 points in a 70-27 loss to the Rams, who beat the Detriot Lions 65-24 the following weekend. The Colts-Rams game was played on October 22, 1950. Todays trivia question is how many goals have been scored by the United States Soccer team at the World Cup tourament in its history?
Thursday, March 3, 2011
An NHL Record
Today we are looking at two Hockey games. The first was played on March 3, 1920 between the Montreal Canadiens and the Quebec Bulldogs. The game was played at the Quebec Arena. In the first period the Canadiens took a commanding 4-0 lead over the home club. The second period they rattled off 7 goals. The Bulldogs could only respond with one goal their own. The third period the Bulldogs did manage to score two goals and increase their total to 3. By then it was way too late as the Canadiens scored five more to set a record 16-3 win, a record that has stood even today. Four Canadiens had hat tricks.
The second game that we are looking at was played on March 3, 1958, this time it was the Canadian national team taking on the team from Finland. The game proved to very lucky for the Canadian team as they scored 7 goals in the first two periods. They then scored 10 goals in the third period to claim a 24-0 victory over the Finns.
The answer to yesterdays trivia about the first commissioner of the North American Soccer League is Dick Walsh. Although Walsh spent a great deal of time in Baseball, he was still knowledgable enough to get the soccer job. He had spent 18 years as an executive with the Los Angeles Dodgers before getting the Soccer job. He resigned the soccer job to take a job as general manager for the California Angels baseball team.
Todays trivia question is in back to back weekends in October of 1950, the Los Angeles Rams averaged 67.5 points. They scored 70 points against the Colts and 65 points agianst the Lions. between the Lions and the Colts, who scored more points against the Rams? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about the Hartford Whalers season of 1982-83.
The second game that we are looking at was played on March 3, 1958, this time it was the Canadian national team taking on the team from Finland. The game proved to very lucky for the Canadian team as they scored 7 goals in the first two periods. They then scored 10 goals in the third period to claim a 24-0 victory over the Finns.
The answer to yesterdays trivia about the first commissioner of the North American Soccer League is Dick Walsh. Although Walsh spent a great deal of time in Baseball, he was still knowledgable enough to get the soccer job. He had spent 18 years as an executive with the Los Angeles Dodgers before getting the Soccer job. He resigned the soccer job to take a job as general manager for the California Angels baseball team.
Todays trivia question is in back to back weekends in October of 1950, the Los Angeles Rams averaged 67.5 points. They scored 70 points against the Colts and 65 points agianst the Lions. between the Lions and the Colts, who scored more points against the Rams? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about the Hartford Whalers season of 1982-83.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Two Historical Basketball Games
Today we are looking at two historical Basketball games, thus the tilte of this blog. We start on March 2, 1951 and the NBA's first all-star game. The game was played at Boston Garden. The East won by score of 111-94. The Eastern Conference team was coached by Joe Lapchick of the Knicks and the Western Conference was coached by John Kundla of the Lakers. The East was led by Ed Macualey of the Celtics who had a game high 20 points and Joe Fulks of the Warriors who had 19 points. Macualey won the Game MVP award.
Scoring 20 points in an all-star game is a great accomplishment, but how about scoring 100 points in a regular season game. March 2, 1961 is a date special to many NBA fans still today. The famous game was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks. The Knicks score of 147 was no match for the Warriors led by the great Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain. The Warriors outscored the Knicks 90-79. Chamberlain scored 59 of the 90 points, he scored 28 of his 100 points in the fourth quarter. He also scored 28 points at the free throw line. The evening was a truly great night for one of the best players ever to play the game. Wilts teammates combined to score a mere 69 points in the 169-147 victory.
The answer to todays trivias question is two. On June 11, 1938 Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a no-hitter over the Boston Braves. The following day Tom Finger of the Corpus Christi Spudders pitched an 11 inning no-hitter over the Harlingen Hubs in the Class "D" Texas Valley League. The next day, Clare Bertram of the Moline Plowboys pitched a 7 inning no-hitter over the Waterloo Red Hawks. Two days later Vander Meer pitched his historic second consecutive no-hitter this time in the first night game at Ebbets Field against the Dodgers. There would not be another no-hitter in professional baseball for a full month.
Todays trivia question is who was the first commissioner of the North American Soccer League when the league was founded by merger of the National Professional Soccer League and the United Soccer Association? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about a record setting Hockey game.
Scoring 20 points in an all-star game is a great accomplishment, but how about scoring 100 points in a regular season game. March 2, 1961 is a date special to many NBA fans still today. The famous game was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks. The Knicks score of 147 was no match for the Warriors led by the great Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain. The Warriors outscored the Knicks 90-79. Chamberlain scored 59 of the 90 points, he scored 28 of his 100 points in the fourth quarter. He also scored 28 points at the free throw line. The evening was a truly great night for one of the best players ever to play the game. Wilts teammates combined to score a mere 69 points in the 169-147 victory.
The answer to todays trivias question is two. On June 11, 1938 Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a no-hitter over the Boston Braves. The following day Tom Finger of the Corpus Christi Spudders pitched an 11 inning no-hitter over the Harlingen Hubs in the Class "D" Texas Valley League. The next day, Clare Bertram of the Moline Plowboys pitched a 7 inning no-hitter over the Waterloo Red Hawks. Two days later Vander Meer pitched his historic second consecutive no-hitter this time in the first night game at Ebbets Field against the Dodgers. There would not be another no-hitter in professional baseball for a full month.
Todays trivia question is who was the first commissioner of the North American Soccer League when the league was founded by merger of the National Professional Soccer League and the United Soccer Association? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about a record setting Hockey game.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Father Martins' League
On March 1, 1936 the Canadian-American League was founded as an eight club baseball league. The league could have easily been called the New York-Ontario League. The State of New York got 3 clubs (Ogdensburg, Oswego and Watertown) and the Province of Ontario got 3 clubs (Brockville, Ottawa and Perth). The league qualified as a Class "C" League. The league only ever had 2 teams that did not come from that territory (Quebec City and Pittsfield, Massachusetts).
The league opened play on May 20 and very quickly things got interesting in this league. One of the more interesting things involved the Watertown Club. Starting on June 24, the club played a series of neutral site games in the City of Massena. On June 30 club business manager William Buckley announced that the team was transferring to Massena permenantly. On July 12, the club returned to Watertown for a series of neutral site games and announced on July 16 the club was returning to Watertown for the rest of the season. Buckley saved himself a lot of paperwork but never submitting to the National Association the paper work for their approval of the first move. The team did move in the offseason to another city as the league added 2 more clubs for the 1937 season. On August 22, 1937 the league saw its first no-hitter when Leo Pukas of Ogdensburg pitched a 9-0 gem against Ottawa. Pukas was in the second year of a 5 year run with the league. The league would see a total of 13 no-hitters.
On July 7, 1941 the league had its first All-Star Game, when the North beat the South by a score of 11-5 at Utica, New York. Even though half of the leagues clubs played in Canada, the fact that Canada was an active ally in World War II the league was able to play on. After the league struggled through the 1942 season, league officials were forced to suspend operations for the remainer of the war. After coming back after the war the league played on for six more seasons until it was pressured into folding after the 1951 season. The league had as its president through most of its history a Catholic priest Father Martin.
The answer to yesterday trivia question is the country of Finland won the bronze metal for mens hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, when the defeated Slovakia by a score of 5-3. Todays trivia question is on June 15, 1938 Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers just 4 days after pitching one against the Boston Braves. Vander Meer is the only pitcher to date to pitch consective no-hitters in the Major Leagues. How many no-hitters were pitched between Vander Meers no-hitters in all of professional baseball? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about two historical NBA games.
The league opened play on May 20 and very quickly things got interesting in this league. One of the more interesting things involved the Watertown Club. Starting on June 24, the club played a series of neutral site games in the City of Massena. On June 30 club business manager William Buckley announced that the team was transferring to Massena permenantly. On July 12, the club returned to Watertown for a series of neutral site games and announced on July 16 the club was returning to Watertown for the rest of the season. Buckley saved himself a lot of paperwork but never submitting to the National Association the paper work for their approval of the first move. The team did move in the offseason to another city as the league added 2 more clubs for the 1937 season. On August 22, 1937 the league saw its first no-hitter when Leo Pukas of Ogdensburg pitched a 9-0 gem against Ottawa. Pukas was in the second year of a 5 year run with the league. The league would see a total of 13 no-hitters.
On July 7, 1941 the league had its first All-Star Game, when the North beat the South by a score of 11-5 at Utica, New York. Even though half of the leagues clubs played in Canada, the fact that Canada was an active ally in World War II the league was able to play on. After the league struggled through the 1942 season, league officials were forced to suspend operations for the remainer of the war. After coming back after the war the league played on for six more seasons until it was pressured into folding after the 1951 season. The league had as its president through most of its history a Catholic priest Father Martin.
The answer to yesterday trivia question is the country of Finland won the bronze metal for mens hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, when the defeated Slovakia by a score of 5-3. Todays trivia question is on June 15, 1938 Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers just 4 days after pitching one against the Boston Braves. Vander Meer is the only pitcher to date to pitch consective no-hitters in the Major Leagues. How many no-hitters were pitched between Vander Meers no-hitters in all of professional baseball? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about two historical NBA games.
Monday, February 28, 2011
A Great Final Game
When I watch a playoff series, there is one thing I hate to see, a sweep. I enjoy a good game seven of any playoff series in any sport. I really love it, when game seven is a close game. Its even better when that last game goes overtime. The Olympic Hockey tourament does not have the contesting teams play more then one game to decide who gets the Gold and who gets the Silver. Today we go back only one year to one of the greatest Gold metal games ever played.
On February 21, 2010 the United States and the Canadian teams met in a preliminary round game, the United States won the game by a score of 5-3. The Canadians were forced to play in the qualification playoffs in order to advance to the quaterfinals against Russia. The Americans advanced automatically into the quarterfinals. The Canadians wanted to pay the Americans back for the extra game. The only way was to met the Americans again in the gold metal game. On Sunday, Febuary 28 they got their wish.
The Canadians scored the lone goal in the first period when Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks scored at the 12:50 mark. The two clubs traded goals in the second period. With his team down by a goal at the 18:33 mark in the third period American coach Ron Wilson pulled goalie Ryan Miller. A minute and two seconds later the move paid off when Zach Parise of the New Jersey Devils scored to tie the game with 25 seconds left in the game. The game moved into overtime!! At the 7:40 mark of sudden death overtime, Sidney "The Next One" Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins scored for Canada. The gold metal belonged to Canada.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is the Celtics lead the Lakers 196 games to 152 games for the Lakers. The Celtics have outpointed the Lakers 37,334 to 36,660 in the 248 games played, with 74 of these games in the playoffs. The Celtics have won all four game 7s the two teams have played. My source for this is SHRPsports.com. Todays trivia question is who won the bronze metal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Mens Hockey? The answer will be revealed in tomorrows daily blog about the baseballs' Canadian-American League.
On February 21, 2010 the United States and the Canadian teams met in a preliminary round game, the United States won the game by a score of 5-3. The Canadians were forced to play in the qualification playoffs in order to advance to the quaterfinals against Russia. The Americans advanced automatically into the quarterfinals. The Canadians wanted to pay the Americans back for the extra game. The only way was to met the Americans again in the gold metal game. On Sunday, Febuary 28 they got their wish.
The Canadians scored the lone goal in the first period when Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks scored at the 12:50 mark. The two clubs traded goals in the second period. With his team down by a goal at the 18:33 mark in the third period American coach Ron Wilson pulled goalie Ryan Miller. A minute and two seconds later the move paid off when Zach Parise of the New Jersey Devils scored to tie the game with 25 seconds left in the game. The game moved into overtime!! At the 7:40 mark of sudden death overtime, Sidney "The Next One" Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins scored for Canada. The gold metal belonged to Canada.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is the Celtics lead the Lakers 196 games to 152 games for the Lakers. The Celtics have outpointed the Lakers 37,334 to 36,660 in the 248 games played, with 74 of these games in the playoffs. The Celtics have won all four game 7s the two teams have played. My source for this is SHRPsports.com. Todays trivia question is who won the bronze metal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Mens Hockey? The answer will be revealed in tomorrows daily blog about the baseballs' Canadian-American League.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
The Lakers and Celtics
One of the highlights of any Basketball season is any game between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, clearly these two teams have carved out a great rivalry over the years. How far back has this great rivalry gone?
On February 27, 1959, the two teams gathered at the Boston Garden for one of the great games of the 1950s. The Lakers had yet to move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles by this time. The Celtics were without the services of future Hall of Famer Bill Russell, who had an injured leg. The Celtics had to depend on the play of Bob Cousy and Tommy Heinsohn as well as rookie Billy Sharman. Cousy had 28 points and 31 assists. Heinsohn had a game high 43 points and Sharman had 29 points. The previous assists mark was 21. Cousy had 19 assists in the second half as the Celtics scored 90 points and 12 assists during the 52-44 fourth quarter.
The Celtics 173-139 win broke the previous one team record by 27 points, the two team record by 30 points. The Lakers set a record for most points in a losing cause. The Celtics tied the record for most points in a single half with 83 points in the first half and then broke the record in the second half. The one thing that really stands out here is that this was one of many great games these two teams have played over the year.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is 707 minutes of penalties were handed out within the first five minutes of a game in the Kontinental Hockey League game of January 9, 2010 between Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk. During the fight 33 players and both coaches were ejected. Only 4 players remained in the game. The officials had to order the game to be called off. Todays trivia question is the Lakers and the Celtics have played 348 games together in history to date, who leads the rivalry and how many games have they won? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about the last Olympic hockey game be played to date.
On February 27, 1959, the two teams gathered at the Boston Garden for one of the great games of the 1950s. The Lakers had yet to move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles by this time. The Celtics were without the services of future Hall of Famer Bill Russell, who had an injured leg. The Celtics had to depend on the play of Bob Cousy and Tommy Heinsohn as well as rookie Billy Sharman. Cousy had 28 points and 31 assists. Heinsohn had a game high 43 points and Sharman had 29 points. The previous assists mark was 21. Cousy had 19 assists in the second half as the Celtics scored 90 points and 12 assists during the 52-44 fourth quarter.
The Celtics 173-139 win broke the previous one team record by 27 points, the two team record by 30 points. The Lakers set a record for most points in a losing cause. The Celtics tied the record for most points in a single half with 83 points in the first half and then broke the record in the second half. The one thing that really stands out here is that this was one of many great games these two teams have played over the year.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is 707 minutes of penalties were handed out within the first five minutes of a game in the Kontinental Hockey League game of January 9, 2010 between Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk. During the fight 33 players and both coaches were ejected. Only 4 players remained in the game. The officials had to order the game to be called off. Todays trivia question is the Lakers and the Celtics have played 348 games together in history to date, who leads the rivalry and how many games have they won? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about the last Olympic hockey game be played to date.
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