One of many first massive goaltending stars in NHL historical past made his option to Montreal on this date. Additionally, a brand new Hockey Corridor of Fame class was introduced, however one inductee skipped the ceremony out of his displeasure. Let’s start our each day journey again in time to relive all the highest moments from Aug. 23.
Hainsworth Strikes to the NHL
On Aug. 23, 1926, the Montreal Canadiens bought the contract of future Corridor of Fame goaltender George Hainsworth. He had been taking part in for the Saskatoon Crescents within the Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL), the place he performed for former Canadiens star Newsy Lalonde. When the WCHL folded, the Canadiens paid $5,000 for his rights.
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Hainsworth had a troublesome job as he changed the legendary Georges Vezina, who had died of tuberculosis the earlier March and performed in each Canadiens sport from 1910 to the opening contest of the 1925-26 season. Hainsworth gained the first-ever Vezina Trophy for being honored as the highest goaltender of the 1926-27 season. He gained the award once more in every of the subsequent two seasons.
Through the 1928-29 season, Hainsworth posted 22 shutouts and a 0.92 goals-against common (GAA) whereas taking part in in all 44 video games. He led the Canadiens to back-to-back Stanley Cup wins in 1930 and 1931. In 1932, he turned simply the second of eight goaltenders to ever function staff captain.
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Simply previous to the 1933-34 season, Hainsworth was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for goaltender Lorne Chabot. He was the primary goaltender in Toronto till the emergence of Turk Broda in 1936. After his launch from the Maple Leafs, he returned to Montreal to play the ultimate 4 video games of his profession with the Canadiens.
A New Corridor of Fame Class
The Hockey Corridor of Fame introduced their latest class of inductees on Aug. 23, 1973. The headliner of the group was defenseman Doug Harvey, who performed 14 of his 19 NHL seasons with the Canadiens.
It was in Montreal that he performed 890 video games and was a part of six Stanley Cup championships, together with 5 in a row between 1956 and 1960. He gained seven Norris Trophies throughout his profession, given to the very best defenseman within the league, which was a document till Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins got here alongside within the Seventies.
The opposite gamers of the 1973 Corridor of Fame class had been Chuck Rayner, Tommy Smith, referee Frank Udvari and former Canadiens proprietor Hartland Molson. Harvey skipped the induction ceremony as a result of he was upset that he wasn’t a part of the earlier 12 months’s class which included Gordie Howe and his teammates Jean Beliveau and Bernie Geoffrion.
Odds & Ends
On Aug. 23, 1929, defenseman Archie Wilcox was traded to the Montreal Maroons by the Windfall Reds of the Canadian-American Hockey League. He performed 187 video games for the Maroons over the subsequent 5 seasons. He was claimed off of waivers by the Bruins in the course of the 1933-34 season.
The Minnesota North Stars traded veteran goaltender Cesare Maniago to the Vancouver Canucks on Aug. 23, 1975, in trade for fellow netminder Gary Smith. Maniago had been with the North Stars since they chose him from the New York Rangers in the course of the 1967 NHL Growth Draft.
He appeared in 93 video games for the Canucks over the subsequent two seasons, his closing two within the NHL. Smith, who gained the Vezina Trophy in 1972, performed in 39 video games for the North Stars in two separate stints with the staff.
The Washington Capitals signed free-agent middle Mikhail Grabovski to a one-year contract, on Aug. 23, 2013, after he spent the earlier 5 seasons with the Maple Leafs. He performed 58 video games for the Capitals in the course of the 2013-14 season and scored 13 targets and 35 factors. He signed with the New York Islanders the next offseason.
Defenseman Christian Ehrhoff signed with the Los Angeles Kings on Aug. 23, 2015. The veteran of over 700 NHL video games had spent the earlier season with the Penguins. He performed in 40 video games for the Kings earlier than being traded to the Blackhawks for Rob Scuderi on Feb. 26, 2016. He wearing eight regular-season video games for the Blackhawks and retired following the season.
Completely happy Birthday to You
Aug. 23 has produced 14 NHL gamers over the a long time. The primary was defenseman Percy Traub, who was born on this date in 1896. He performed 130 video games, over the course of three seasons, with the Blackhawks and Detroit Cougars. The newest was Calgary Flames defenseman Brayden Pachal who turns 25 at present.
Ray Ferraro (60) had probably the most profitable profession of the bunch. Born on Aug. 23, 1965, Ferraro performed in 1,258 profession NHL video games for the Hartford Whalers, Islanders, Kings, Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, and St. Louis Blues. His greatest season got here with the Whalers in 1988-89, when he scored a career-high 41 targets. He completed his profession in 2002 with 408 targets and 898 factors.
Different notable gamers born on this date embrace Jack Carlson (70), Glenn Healy (62), Randy Moller (61), Jarkko Ruutu (49), Carl Hagelin (36), and the late Dave Gardner.
*Initially constructed by Greg Boysen
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