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Thom’s Trivia time….

love trivia and here are some good ones to sit around the Christmas fire and stump your “know it all”
I family members...

• Darryl Sittler had a storied career. He is renowned for a couple of the games’ most memorable moments. In
1976 he scored the Canada Cup overtime winning goal against the Czechs. Who was the goalie he scored
against?
• Earlier that year, everyone knows that Dave Reese of the Boston Bruins was the goalie who surrendered
Sittler’s - still an NHL record - ten point night. Who scored and assisted on the only goal that night that Sittler
did not figure in?

• Blair McDonald and Brett Calligan assisted on Wayne Gretzky’s first NHL goal scored on Glenn Hanlon of the
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Canucks at 18:51 of the third period in his third game as an Oiler. It was actually his second NHL point as he

recorded an assist earlier in the game. Who scored the goal that Gretzky recorded his first NHL point on?
• A few more Gretzky stats that will amaze you. Of his 1,487 regular season games, how many of those games did he not register
at least one point?

• How many times did he record an assist on Jari Kurri’s goals?

• Which goalie did he score the most regular season goals against in his career?

• How many goalies did he score only once against?
• October 23rd, 1966 was the night that a true NHL legend scored his first goal. It was Bobby Orr and it came at 4:13 of the third period and
tied the game at two. It was unassisted. Who were the Bruins playing and who was the goalie who gave up the goal?

• In the 1951 Stanley Cup final Bill Barilko’s famous moment was at 2:53 of overtime. The final was 3-2. Who registered assists on the OT goal
and who scored the other two goals for Toronto that night including the game tying goal with just 32 seconds left in regulation?

• On Saturday March 4th, 1967 Terry Sawchuk recorded his 100th career shut-out - a 3-0 win over Chicago. How many saves did he make?
Who was in goal for the Hawks?
• Which NHL expansion team wore white skates for a season at their owner’s insistence?

Answers on page 18

December 2016 Schedule

Cornwall vs Berlin ................Thurs., Dec. 1 ...7:00 PM .....Notre Dame Arena
Cornwall vs Berlin ................Thurs., Dec. 1 ...7:00 PM .....Notre Dame Arena
Cornwall vs Watertown ........Fri., Dec. 2
Berlin vs Cornwall
Cornwall vs Watertown ........Fri., Dec. 2 ........7:30 PM .....Watertown Municipal Arena
Berlin vs Cornwall ................Sat., Dec. 3 .......7:30 PM ...Ed Lumley Arena

Port Huron vs Cornwall .........Sun., Dec. 4 ......1:00 PM ...Ed Lumley Arena

Cornwall vs Berlin ................Fri., Dec. 9 ........8:00 PM .....Notre Dame Arena

St.Clair Shores vs Cornwall ..Sat., Dec. 10 .....7:30 PM ...Ed Lumley Arena

Danbury vs Cornwall .............Sun., Dec. 11 ....1:00 PM ...Ed Lumley Arena

Cornwall vs Port Huron .........Fri., Dec. 16 ......7:30 PM .....McMorran Arena
Photo by FederalHockey.com Cornwall vs Watertown ........Fri., Dec. 23 ......7:30 PM .....Watertown Municipal Arena
St.Clair Shores vs Cornwall ..Sat., Dec. 17 .....7:30 PM ...Ed Lumley Arena

Watertown vs Cornwall ........Sun., Dec. 18 ....1:00 PM ...Ed Lumley Arena

Adults ...................................... 13 00 Cornwall vs Danbury .............Wed., Dec. 28 ...7:15 PM .....Danbury Ice Arena
$
Senior/ Student ..................... 10 00 Home Games in Red
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Child under 12 ............................ 5 00
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St.Clair Shores vs Cornwall ..Thu., Dec. 29 ....7:30 PM ...Ed Lumley Arena
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