July 27 has not been a really newsworthy day in Nationwide Hockey League historical past. Nevertheless, there was a giant commerce of Hockey Corridor of Famers that ended reasonably one-sided once we look again on it over 25 years later. So, let’s get contained in the THW time machine and relive all the very best moments this date has given us by the many years.
A Mid-Summer season Blockbuster
The St. Louis Blues and Hartford Whalers pulled off an enormous deal on July 27, 1995, once they did a one-for-one swap of future Corridor of Famers. The Blues traded ahead Brendan Shanahan to the Whalers for 20-year-old defenseman Chris Pronger.
Shanahan was a longtime star on the time of the deal. He scored 156 targets and 306 factors in his 4 seasons with the Blues. Pronger, who was the quantity two general choose on the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, had but to determine himself as a star. He had 10 targets and 44 factors within the first 124 NHL video games of his profession.
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The Blues had been the large winners of this commerce. Shanahan scored 44 targets throughout the 1995-96 season for the Whalers. He was traded to the Detroit Pink Wings simply two video games into the 1996-97 season, together with Brian Glynn, for Paul Coffey, Keith Primeau, and a first-round draft choose used to pick Nikos Tselios.
In the meantime, Pronger performed 598 video games, over 9 seasons, with the Blues. That’s 425 extra video games than Shanahan, Coffey, Primeau, and Tselios performed for the Whalers franchise mixed. The 1999-00 season made Pronger a famous person when he scored 14 targets and 62 factors to associate with his plus-52 score. He received each the Norris and Hart Trophies that season for being voted each the very best defenseman and most precious participant of the NHL.
Pronger was traded to the Edmonton Oilers earlier than the 2005-06 season. After serving to the Oilers attain the 2006 Stanley Cup Remaining, he was traded to the Anaheim Geese, the place he received the one championship of his profession in 2007. He made a 3rd journey to the Stanley Cup Remaining in 2010 with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Odds & Ends
On July 27, 1986, the Pink Wings signed veteran free-agent defenseman Dave Lewis after spending the earlier three seasons with the New Jersey Devils. Lewis performed simply 64 video games over the subsequent two seasons with the Pink Wings earlier than retiring.
After he retired in 1988, Lewis grew to become an assistant coach in Detroit. He served as interim head coach for 5 video games throughout the 1998-99 season. He was then the bridge between two big-name coaches when he took over for Scotty Bowman following his retirement in 2004. He was fired after two seasons and was finally changed by Mike Babcock.
Frank Zamboni died on the age of 87 on July 27, 1988. He, after all, invented the ice resurfacing machine that’s utilized in ice rinks all throughout the globe. He created his iconic car in 1949. The Zamboni shaves off the ice floor, collects the shavings, washes the ice, and places down a contemporary coat of water onto the rink. It made a as soon as time-consuming activity be achieved by one individual in about quarter-hour. The Boston Bruins had been the primary NHL workforce to include the machine in 1954.
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The Flyers signed free-agent winger Shjon Podein on July 27, 1994, who had spent the earlier two seasons with the Oilers. Podein performed 301 video games for the Flyers over the subsequent 5 seasons, scoring 44 targets and 92 factors. He was traded to the Colorado Avalanche, on November 12, 1998, for defenseman Keith Jones. He was a part of the 2001 Avalanche workforce that received the Stanley Cup.
Completely satisfied Birthday to You
Of the 28 present and former NHL gamers born on July 27, defenseman Andre Dupont performed in probably the most video games. Born on July 27, 1949, Dupont performed in 810 profession video games, scoring 59 targets and 244 factors, for the New York Rangers, Blues, Flyers, and Quebec Nordiques. He by no means completed any of 13 NHL seasons with a minus score and retired as a plus-302.
Dupont was drafted eighth general by the Rangers within the 1969 NHL Newbie Draft. He was traded to the Blues in 1971 and, simply over a yr later, he was moved to the Flyers. He had his finest years in Philadelphia, enjoying in 549 video games and successful back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975. Dupont was traded as soon as extra in 1980 to the Nordiques, the place he performed for 3 seasons earlier than retiring in 1983.
The late George Allen, born on this date in 1914, is the main purpose scorer of the group. He lit the lamp 82 instances throughout his profession, which spanned between 1938 and 1947, for the Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, and Montreal Canadiens.
Defenseman Jason Woolley leads the July 27 birthday boys with 246 assists and 314 factors. He performed in 718 video games for the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, and Pink Wings. He had a career-high 33 assists and 43 factors for the Sabres throughout the 1998-99 season.
Doug Grant had probably the most goaltending wins, with 27 for each the Blues and Pink Wings throughout the Seventies. Invoice Johansen and Andy Barbe each solely performed in a single NHL recreation with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in 1950 and 1951, respectively.
Different notable gamers born on this date embody Craig Wolanin (57), Pavel Trnka (48), Andrew Desjardins (38), Simon Despres (33), and Carson Soucy (30).
*Initially constructed by Greg Boysen
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