Next up in our NHL Draft Archives 🌟
Reilly Smith heard his name called 69th overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2009 NHL Draft.
The former RedHawk turned a three-year career at Miami that featured over 100 points into a Stanley Cup championship and a lengthy NHL career!
Ilia Morozov (No. 10-Ranked NA Skater) was one of just five 17 years olds to play in the NCAA this season. He speaks English, Russian and has a 60+ day streak on French in Duolingo, while also planning to learn Polish in a couple of years. #NHLDraft
Oh? *Another* of my bird teams backing into the playoffs under a cloud of "frauds relying on weak competition" allegations by the haters?
Sports gods, if you're gonna keep this nonsense up you DO owe us a glorious Ducks first round victory.
Ah, good. I see my "finally admitted I'm unable to enjoy the team despite my best efforts because I can't get around the Q hire" issues are not likely to improve any time soon. 😒
5/14/2003: Jean-Sebastien Giguere records his 3rd straight playoff shutout in a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Wild, tying an NHL record set by Frank McCool in 1945. (Teammate Ilya Bryzgalov would later tie this record in 2006.)
"Why can't they review for icing when they can review for being half a millimeter offside?"
It's a logical point, but don't worry, that game is about to be the reason they can review for icing too. 💀
NHL players to have 2+ goals and 3+ points in their playoff debut since 1990
Troy Terry (Tonight at Oilers)
Tage Thompson (Sunday vs Bruins)
Dominik Kubalík (2020 vs Oilers)
Paul Kariya (1997 vs Coyotes)
Sergei Gonchar (1995 at Penguins)