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St. Shanny to the rescue?

St. Shanny to the rescue?

700 The number of regular-season games in Club history with Mike Babcock as Head Coach, with a record of:
413W-197L-410TL-49SOL 4
The number of Coaches / Head Coaches who have reached this milestone in Club history (previously, in order, Adams, Abel and Bowman)
With 700 games coached, the following categories with the totals and rankings:
Most Wins: 413, First (Second: Bowman, 410)
Wins, Percentage of Games: 59.0%, First (Second, Bowman, 58.6%)
Fewest Regulation Losses: 197, Second (First, Bowman, 192)
Regulation Losses, Percentage of Games: 28.0%, Second (First, Bowman 27.4%)
Highest Points Percentage: 0.654, Second (First, Bowman, 0.656)
Dates and totals for each one hundred-games milestone: 100G: 17/11/2006, 70W-21L-5OTL-4SOL, 0.745 200G: 22/12/2007, 134W-42L-10OTL-14SOL, 0.730 300G: 10/02/2009, 198W-67L-18OTL-17SOL, 0.718 400G: 22/03/2010, 249W-100L-22OTL-29SOL, 0.686 500G: 28/10/2011, 309W-129L-29OTL-33SOL, 0.680 600G: 10/03/2013, 413W-197L-35OTL-38SOL, 0.668

When any of the other major sports have created "Wild Card" teams, more teams have been added to the original playoff picture. When I first heard that this was going to be introduced this season, this is what I envisioned.
But, not Uncle Gary...oh no. He just swaps out two existing playoff teams for a brand new label.
The man is a dope.

He could become the first president of the Russian Federation to play in the Olympics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrCuJWOvUlk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrCuJWOvUlk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrCuJWOvUlk

Maple Leafs fans are not pleased with the fact that they saw their playoff hopes lessened by, as they so eloquently put it, Darren F*****' Helm.

Maple Leafs fans are not pleased with the fact that they saw their playoff hopes lessened by, as they so eloquently put it, Darren F*****' Helm.

Maple Leafs fans are not pleased with the fact that they saw their playoff hopes lessened by, as they so eloquently put it, Darren F*****' Helm.

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the 815th, and final, regular-season tie game played in Club history (in their 5311th game, 6.52% of their games), with 390 in Home games and 425 in Away games. They are one of only four franchises with 800+ regular-season tie games (Montreal with 837, Chicago with 814 and New York with 808). Tie games in the NHL can be broken into three distinct historical time frames:
1) Era 1: Regulation time, followed by overtime
2) Era 2: Regulation time only
3) Era 3: Regulation time, followed by overtime

Tie games had always been a League fixture, dating back to it's inception in 1917. How they got there varied over time.
In Era 1, overtime was used in various versions with regards to length, until November, 1942, when it was abandoned due to the war effort. The total number of tie games in this period was 123 in Club history (6.11% of the total games played), with 65 in Home games and 58 in Away games.
During Era 2, a single point was awarded to both teams at the end of regulation. This "Golden Age of Tie Games" accounted for 482 games in club history (5.97% of total games played), 231 in Home games and in 251 Away games.
Beginning in the 1983-84 season overtime reappeared in Era 3, with only a five-minute period. The total number of tie games in this period was 210 in Club history (7.93% of the total games played), with 94 in Home games and 116 in Away games.
At that time, no one could forsee that the last tie game had been played. Following the second lockout, Uncle Gary decided that as a "gift" to the fans, a grand "gimmick" would be foisted onto the game (one of many adjustments, the players and the fans: the shootout.This caused great confusion in the listing of League standings everywhere in it's first season; who recalls the "Regulation Tie Stat Screw-Up" in the 2005-06 season? I do. With the advent of this "gimmick" so came the death knell of the tie game in the NHL. By the way, another "gimmick" made it's debut in the final season of tie games; twenty-six times (Detroit played in one) and then disappeared. 'member what it was?

Some other Club tie game numbers:
Most total goals scored, tie game and Home tie game: 16, 14/10/1988, Home v. St. Louis
Most total goals, Away game: 14, 27/12/1989, v. Toronto
Fewest total goals, tie game: 0, 27 times (15 Home and 12 Away), first game 26/11/1927, Away v. Chicago and final game 01/04/2000, Away v. St. Louis
Most tie games, Season: 18 (1953-53, 1980-81 and 1996-97)
Fewest tie games, Season: 4, (1926-27, 1941-42, 1966-67 and 1994-95).

The shootout, with all the hype attached to it, caused the unnecessary, premature and untimely death of the tie game. Hockey fans were told that this was they wanted, what they needed and this was what the game needed to be more enjoyable. To my eyes, the game was just fine when tie games were a way of determining the result of a game, thank you very much.

So, join me in raising a glass to an old friend: At least to this fan, you are gone but you will never ever be forgotten.

I thought Scrivens doing his best impersonation of a "Sweater Cannon" was the better story, especially when you factor in his comments following the game:
Another highlight? That's easy:

Did the Penguins broadcast choose Scuderi as the game's Second Star?

I'm a big fan of tears of joy.

I'm a big fan of tears of joy.

I'm a big fan of tears of joy.

I'm a big fan of tears of joy.