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Harold Phillipoff
Harold Michael Phillipoff (born February 14, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), left winger. He was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the Atlanta Flames in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft. He played in 141 games in the National Hockey League: 118 with the Flames (from 1977–78 NHL season, 1977-1978–79 NHL season, 1979) and 23 with the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Black Hawks (from 1979–80 NHL season, 1980-1980–81 NHL season, 1981). In 1979, he was traded from the 1978–79 Atlanta Flames season, Atlanta Flames with Greg Fox (ice hockey), Greg Fox, Tom Lysiak, Pat Ribble and Miles Zaharko to the 1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks season, Chicago Black Hawks for Ivan Boldirev, Darcy Rota and Phil Russell (ice hockey), Phil Russell. After appearing in nine games without a goal or an assist to start the 1979–80 season, he was dealt along with Dave Logan (ice hockey), Dave Logan from the 1979–80 Chicago Black Hawks season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Lysiak
Thomas James Lysiak (April 22, 1953 – May 30, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Selected in the first round, second overall, of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft by the Atlanta Flames, he was additionally selected by the Houston Aeros in the second round of the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft at 23rd overall. In each of his last two seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Lysiak was awarded the Bob Clarke Trophy as the Western Canadian Hockey League's leading scorer, with a total of 297 points in 135 games. Playing career Lysiak joined the Flames for the 1973–74 NHL season, the second year for the franchise, and scored a team-high 64 points. He helped the team to its first playoff berth and finished second in the voting for the Calder Memorial Trophy (top rookie). Lysiak led the Flames in scoring in each of his five full seasons with the team and represented the Flames in three consecutive NHL All-Star Games, in 1975, 1976 and 1977. He served as the Flames' team captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Ribble
Patrick Wayne Ribble (born April 26, 1954) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League between 1975 and 1983. A defenceman, Ribble was selected in 1974 by both the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League and the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association. He also played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, and Calgary Flames. In addition, in 1978 Pat Ribble played at the 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championships with Canada men's national ice hockey team, Canada, winning a bronze medal. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International External links *Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com 1954 births Living people Atlanta Flames draft picks Atlanta Flames players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Calgary Flames players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Blackhawks players Colorado Fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playoffs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be either a single game, a series of games, or a tournament, and may use a Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination system or one of several other playoff format, different playoff formats. Playoff, in regard to international fixtures, is to qualify or progress to the next round of a competition or tournament. In team sports in the U.S. and Canada, the vast distances and consequent burdens on cross-country travel have led to regional divisions of teams. Generally, during the regular season, teams play more games in their division than outside it, but the league's best teams might not play against each other in the regular season. Therefore, in the postseason a playoff series is organized. Any group-winning team is eligible to participate, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Season
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries – such as Northern Europe, North America or East Asia – the season for oudoor summer sports starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter. A year can often be broken up into several distinct sections (sometimes themselves called seasons). These are: a preseason, usually a series of exhibition games played for training purposes; a regular season, the main period of the league's competition; the postseason, a playoff tournament played against the league's top teams to determine the league's champion; and the offseason, the time w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canora, Saskatchewan
Canora is a town at the junction of Highways 5 and 9 in east-central Saskatchewan, about 50 km north of Yorkton. It is centrally located on the corners of four adjacent rural municipalities, including the RM of Good Lake. The community is home to approximately 2,000 residents and is part of the Canora-Pelly electoral district. The community was founded along the Canadian Northern Railway tracks — one of the companies that evolved into the Canadian National Railway (CN), and two CN freight lines (one east-west branch line to Saskatoon and one line going north) still run through Canora. The Canora railway station, downtown on the CN east-west line before the switch to the northbound line, is served by Via Rail on its passenger service from Winnipeg to Churchill, Manitoba. As of 2016, 53% of the town's residents are either from Ukraine or of Ukrainian descent, with the language still widely spoken in the community. Canora became a village in 1905 and was incorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association () was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1978–79 WHA season, 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) since the collapse of the Western Canada Hockey League, Western Hockey League in 1926. Although the WHA was not the first league since that time to attempt to challenge the NHL's supremacy, it was by far the most successful in the modern era. The WHA tried to capitalize on the lack of hockey teams in a number of major American cities and mid-level Canadian cities, and also hoped to attract the best players by paying more than NHL owners would. The WHA successfully challenged the NHL's reserve clause, which had bound players to their NHL teams even without a valid contract, allowing players in both leagues greater freedom of movement. Sixty-seven players jumped from the NHL to the WHA in the first year, led by star forward Bobby Hull, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Sedlbauer
Ronald Andrew Sedlbauer (born October 22, 1954) is a former professional ice hockey left winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League. Hockey career Sedlbauer was drafted 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1974 NHL amateur draft. He played 430 career NHL games, scoring 143 goals and 86 assists for 229 points. He also shares the modern-day record, along with Rick Nash, for fewest assists in a 40+ goal season. Sedlbauer scored 40 goals in the 1978–79 season, but only registered 16 assists. He held the record for 26 seasons until Nash tied it in the 2003–04 NHL season by scoring 41 goals and only 16 assists. After appearing in 32 games with ten goals and four assists to start the 1979–80 campaign, he was dealt from the Canucks to the Chicago Black Hawks for Dave Logan and Harold Phillipoff on December 21. His contract was purchased from the Black Hawks by the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 18, 1981. The transaction was the Maple Leafs' attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. The Canucks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Rogers Arena. Adam Foote is the head coach, Jim Rutherford serves as the president of hockey operations and Patrik Allvin serves as the general manager. The Canucks joined the league in 1970–71 NHL season, 1970 as an expansion team along with the Buffalo Sabres. The team has advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals three times, losing to the New York Islanders in 1982 Stanley Cup Finals, 1982, the New York Rangers in 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, 1994 and the Boston Bruins in 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, 2011. They have won the Presidents' Trophy in back-to-back seasons as the team with the league's best regular season record in both the 2010–11 NHL season, 2010–11 and 2011–12 NHL season, 2011–12 seasons. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979–80 Chicago Black Hawks Season
The 1979–80 Chicago Black Hawks season was the 54th season of operation of the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League. The club was coming off a first-place finish in the Smythe Division in the 1978–79, despite finishing with a 29–36–15 record. In the 1979 playoffs, the Black Hawks were swept by the New York Islanders in the quarter-finals. Off-season During the off-season, the Black Hawks named Eddie Johnston as their new head coach, as Bob Pulford stepped down to focus on his general manager duties. Johnston was previously the head coach of the New Brunswick Hawks, Chicago's AHL affiliate, in 1978–79, leading the team to a 41–29–10 record. Johnston was also a former goaltender, playing in the NHL from 1962 to 1978, earning a 234–257–80 record with a 3.25 GAA in 592 career games while playing for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Black Hawks. Johnston won two Stanley Cup championships with the Bruins in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Logan (ice Hockey)
David George Logan (born July 2, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. Early life Logan was born in Montreal. As a youth, he played in the 1966 and 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Dorval. Career Between 1974 and 1983, Logan played in 218 NHL games with the Chicago Black Hawks and Vancouver Canucks over parts of six seasons. After appearing in twelve games with two goals and three assists to start the 1979–80 campaign and at odds with coach Eddie Johnston, he was dealt along with Harold Phillipoff from the Black Hawks to the Canucks for Ron Sedlbauer Ronald Andrew Sedlbauer (born October 22, 1954) is a former professional ice hockey left winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League. Hockey career Sedlbauer was drafted 23rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1974 NHL ama ... on December 21. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Russell (ice Hockey)
Phillip Douglas Russell (born July 21, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played over one thousand games in the National Hockey League. Russell featured in the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals with the Chicago Blackhawks. Russell had a reputation as a bruising, physical player and retired with over 2000 penalty minutes to go along with 424 career points. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Atlanta/Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, and retired in 1988. He was most recently an assistant coach with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. Russell was born in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2007, Russell was hired as an assistant coach for the now defunct Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL under John Marks. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Coaching statistics Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct Result 1988-89 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL Assistant coach 1989-90 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcy Rota
Darcy Irwin Rota (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent eleven seasons in the National Hockey League. He featured in the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals with the Vancouver Canucks. Playing career Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Rota's formative years including Bantam / Midget level hockey were in Prince George, British Columbia. Rota played his junior hockey with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WCHL, helping the club reach the Memorial Cup in 1971 and 1972. A dangerous sniper, he led the WCHL in goals in 1972–73, notching 73 in just 68 games en route to a 129-point season. Following the season, he was selected 13th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft. Rota stepped straight into the Black Hawks' roster in 1973–74, and turned in a solid rookie season with 21 goals and 33 points in 74 games. Over the next several seasons, Rota developed into a solid, gritty, two-way player who made a solid contribution a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
