http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?blogger_id=86Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:44:10 -0400 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15822 Hockey, as are other pro sports, is replete with both colorful characters and funny stories associated with them, so from time to time I will be selecting some from the literally thousands of hockey people that I have known over the past four decades in the NHL and minor leagues. For me, one of my favorite of these hockey characters is Danny Belisle, a long time minor league right wing and late Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:15:45 -0400trivia dan belisle new york rangers http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15612 When Mike "Doc" Emrick, the premier voice of hockey in the United States, ends each season by calling the U.S. national telecast of the Stanley Cup championship game, one thing you will always expect to hear "Doc" reciting are those memorable words penned by the late Steve Summers, for many years the hockeywriter for the Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News, describing the perfect 12-0 sweep of the AH Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:57:00 -0400emrick hockey hall of fame http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15389 With the Stanley Cup finals now here between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins, here is a retrospective of a number of historical tidbits and oddities relating to the pursuit of the Cup drawn from some of my earlier History & Trivia blogs... Enjoy these little looks back at the past, and your comments are welcome! "The Ultimate Prize" On the brink of elimination... Wed, 21 May 2008 04:17:11 -0400stanley cup trivia http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15224 If any two bench bosses in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs already have a colorful coaching "history" against each other -- even though they have never met in NHL post season play before -- they are John Stevens of the Philadelphia Flyers and Michel Therrien of the Pittsburgh Penguins. They may respect each other, but there is certainly no love lost between them...or as one senior NHL team execu Fri, 09 May 2008 08:12:00 -0400phantoms calder cup michel therrien stanley cup john stevens penguins flyers http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15169 With the Stanley Cup playoffs now in full swing, here are images of five groups of people who each have some unusual common connection among themselves in the history of the quest for hockey's "Holy Grail." Your challenge is to first identify the individuals within each of the five groups, and then to determine what are the unique relationships they have both to each other, and then to the h Mon, 05 May 2008 23:50:34 -0400stanley cup trivia http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15110 With the Stanley Cup playoffs now in full swing, here are images of five groups of people who each have some unusual common connection among themselves in the history of the quest for hockey's "Holy Grail." Your challenge is to first identify the individuals within each of the five groups, and then to determine what are the unique relationships they have both to each other, and then to the his Fri, 02 May 2008 00:45:20 -0400trivia stanley cup http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=14989 Here are five unusual oddities about the "Temples of Hockey"...its arenas...to pique your curiosity. Have fun!! The Philadelphia Arena (1920-1983) Since the NHL's first major expansion in 1967, for a variety of reasons a surprising number of the teams in the league have played one or more regular season home games in cities other than the one that they represent by name. (On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:57:12 -0400trivia arenas http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=14450 Here are five unusual oddities about the "Temples of Hockey"...its arenas...to pique your curiosity. Have fun!! The Philadelphia Arena (1920-1983) Since the NHL's first major expansion in 1967, for a variety of reasons a surprising number of the teams in the league have played one or more regular season home games in cities other than the one that they represent by name. (One Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:27 -0400trivia arenas http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=14181 In addition to the players themselves, another essential "ingredient" to operating a professional hockey team -- with one notable exception -- and one which is also often as much a part of its overall identity as the team itself, is its home arena. But even when taking into account pre-season and playoff games, a pro hockey team generally uses its home arena for no more than sixty dates in Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:34:58 -0400trivia arenas http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=14044 In addition to the players themselves, another essential "ingredient" to operating a professional hockey team -- with one notable exception -- and one which is also often as much a part of its overall identity as the team itself, is its home arena. But even when taking into account pre-season and playoff games, a pro hockey team generally uses its home arena for no more than sixty dates in a Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:04:25 -0400arenas trivia