Joe Malone

[Darts]

Claude Provost died relatively young (as did several Canadiens) at only 50. The theory is emission from the Zamboni.

Born: Sep. 17, 1933 · Montreal, Canada
Died: Apr. 17, 1984 · Broward County, FL
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)

 

[maurice93]

Shame, you say? Tell that to the Habs--the Flying Frenchmen--and their headmanning ways. Kinda remember a certain Roadrunner always looking and longing for the bomb that would get wheels going toward a certain goal.
https://www.si.com/hockey/news/rules-that-changed-the-game

I was being facetious. I can’t even fathom how hockey would be played with no forward pass.

It would be intriguing to watch for about one hour max to see how teams would try to play it tactically .. even if slow and boring.

I would just imagine a coach would stagger the neutral zone with 5 players at multiple levels and all teams would try to do is try to attack off turnovers... which means nobody would push it in the first place.

 

[mburner]

Maurice, your facetiousness wasn't lost on me. That's a NYC specialty, along with sarcasm and abruptness. I imagine the Hockey Hall of Fame would have some archival film from that era. If you or anyone else on this thread is from TO, perhaps you could get down to the HOF to view anything they may have and then report back on what it looked like. Would be of interest to all participants here.

 

[shack]

Maurice, your facetiousness wasn't lost on me. That's a NYC specialty, along with sarcasm and abruptness. I imagine the Hockey Hall of Fame would have some archival film from that era. If you or anyone else on this thread is from TO, perhaps you could get down to the HOF to view anything they may have and then report back on what it looked like. Would be of interest to all participants here.

They will have to be patient.

 

[Darts]

If you or anyone else on this thread is from TO, perhaps you could get down to the HOF to view anything they may have and then report back on what it looked like.

The HHOF is closed due to COVID. You will have to wait awhile for a report back from the Hall.

 

[Darts]

The no forward passing rule was great.

How did Malone score 44 goals with no forward pass?

 

[gcostanza]

How did Malone score 44 goals with no forward pass?

Back passing, mostly.

 

[shack]

Back passing, mostly.

Or maybe it was like:

Red rover, red rover
Let Joey come over.

 

[Darts]

George Vezina was probably the best goaltender of his era. I was surprised his GAA is so high until the end of his career.

Nicknamed the "Chicoutimi Cucumber" for his calm composure while in goal, Vézina allowed the fewest goals in the league seven times in his career: four times in the NHA and three times in the NHL. In 1918, Vézina became the first NHL goaltender to both record a shutout and earn an assist on a goal.

 

[shack]

George Vezina was probably the best goaltender of his era. I was surprised his GAA is so high until the end of his career.

Nicknamed the "Chicoutimi Cucumber" for his calm composure while in goal, Vézina allowed the fewest goals in the league seven times in his career: four times in the NHA and three times in the NHL. In 1918, Vézina became the first NHL goaltender to both record a shutout and earn an assist on a goal.
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Just like Carey Price. I've heard other knowledgeable posters say that he is the best of his generation. Will they name a trophy after him?


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	Goalie Stats			Scoring
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
2007-08	20	MTL	NHL	41	40	24	12	3	103	1282	1179	.920	2.56	3	2413	24	.600	4	88	13.5	2.93	9.5	0	2	2	0	AR-1,Calder-4,Vezina-9
2008-09	21	MTL	NHL	52	49	23	16	10	143	1513	1370	.905	2.83	1	3036	30	.612	8	103	-4.6	3.10	8.5	0	1	1	4
2009-10	22	MTL	NHL	41	39	13	20	5	109	1244	1135	.912	2.77	0	2358	21	.538	4	99	1.4	3.13	7.6	0	1	1	8
2010-11	23	MTL	NHL	72	70	38	28	6	165	2147	1982	.923	2.35	8	4206	42	.600	9	88	22.0	2.70	15.4	0	2	2	13	AS-4,Hart-7,Vezina-5
2011-12	24	MTL	NHL	65	65	26	28	11	160	1914	1754	.916	2.43	4	3944	35	.538	8	97	5.5	2.88	12.3	0	2	2	6
2012-13	25	MTL	NHL	39	38	21	13	4	97	1018	921	.905	2.59	3	2249	21	.553	8	108	-7.3	3.07	5.4	0	0	0	0	AS-11,Hart-17,Vezina-10
2013-14	26	MTL	NHL	59	59	34	20	5	134	1828	1694	.927	2.32	6	3464	38	.644	7	85	23.5	2.72	13.9	0	2	2	4	AS-4,Hart-14,Vezina-4
2014-15	27	MTL	NHL	66	66	44	16	6	130	1953	1823	.933	1.96	9	3977	39	.591	6	78	36.7	2.32	16.2	0	1	1	4	AS-1,Hart-1,Jennings-1,Pearson-1,Vezina-1
2015-16	28	MTL	NHL	12	12	10	2	0	24	365	341	.934	2.06	2	698	8	.667	1	77	7.1	2.49	3.0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	29	MTL	NHL	62	62	37	20	5	138	1794	1656	.923	2.23	3	3708	38	.613	8	89	17.3	2.57	12.6	0	1	1	4	AS-5,Vezina-3
2017-18	30	MTL	NHL	49	48	16	26	7	148	1487	1339	.900	3.11	1	2855	21	.438	10	113	-17.5	3.36	6.4	0	0	0	0
2018-19	31	MTL	NHL	66	64	35	24	6	161	1952	1791	.918	2.49	4	3880	37	.578	6	92	14.9	2.64	12.5	0	1	1	2	AS-3,Vezina-7
2019-20	32	MTL	NHL	58	58	27	25	6	160	1755	1595	.909	2.79	4	3440	31	.534	11	101	-1.3	2.97	9.8	0	0	0	6	AS-8
2020-21	33	MTL	NHL	22	22	11	6	5	60	615	555	.902	2.70	1	1335	12	.545	5	107	-3.9	2.97	3.2	0	0	0	0
Career		14 yrs	NHL	704	692	359	256	79	1732	20867	19135	.917	2.50	49	41563	397	.574	95	94	107.0	2.83	136.2	0	13	13	51

 

[maurice93]

How did Malone score 44 goals with no forward pass?

Probably by being a good puck hog is my guess. Rushing by others was probably one of the only ways to drive chances.

I’d imagine the depth of talent was low back then. And guys were nowhere near as fast or big as now.

So I imagine he had ++ speed and puck handling and would rush to the net.

 

[mburner]

One of the reasons the forward pass wasn't allowed was to prevent "loafing"---hanging out not skating while awaiting a pass ahead of the action, such as it was at that time. Indeed, "loafing" was penalized. Well, I was up in Albany in I think 1996 at one of my son's hockey tournaments, and the NCCA regionals were being held there at the same time. We went to a game--Vermont vs. Clarkson (I think it was Clarkson). Anyway, Vermont featured a certain Martin St. Louis, and the Catamounts continually ran a set play: St. Louis would "lose" himself at the offensive blue line tight to the boards while action swirled in the Vermont defensive end. When a teammate got ahold of the puck he'd slowly skate the line until fed a home run bomb of a pass and then off he went. From loafing to 60 in 2 seconds flat!