random SPORTS thoughts

[Matty]

[repeat for the page 40 crowd]

Trivia time

53 players have maintained an average of at least a point per game in the NHL (min. 500 career points)

Of those 53, how many are American? Bonus points if you name them.

 

[bacon]

12

I know all 12 of them but I don't want to show off

 

[Matty]

no

Name just one of them for 5 Gamelive points.

 

[roguejuror]

oooh machu is right on 35,000 posts

 

[Matty]

oooh machu is right on 35,000 posts

yeah bitches

back to trivia

the answer to my question is 3

3 Americans out of 53 players



now name them

1 of them is ultra-easy
1 is regular easy
1 is not obvious at all

 

[Mudcat]

Modano and Lafontaine?

Maybe Brian Mullen?

 

[Matty]

Lafontaine (1.171)

Modano (0.917)

Brian Mullen (0.748)

 

[Matty]

I guess the "ultra-easy" one is not that easy.

 

[Mudcat]

Racking my brains to remember who is from where. I guess Brett Hull is considered American even though he is the son of a Canadian. I'm sure he has played for America Internationally. Not sure he would have enough assists to keep up the PPG average though.

Actually Jeremy Roenick. He seems more likely.

 

[Matty]

Jeremy Roenick (0.892)

Brett Hull (1.096)

I've always known him as American because of his international play but yeah. Trickier than I first assumed.

There is one remaining.

 

[FairWarning]

Brett Hull was born in Canada.

 

[Matty]

Yes FW. Technically he was born a dual citizen. He's considered American for record-keeping purposes.

 

[FairWarning]

Yes FW. Technically he was born a dual citizen. He's considered American for record-keeping purposes.

We need more of them for our hockey history. Are you sure Gretzky wasn't a dual citizen?

 

[Matty]

Was surprised to see only 3 above 1 PPG.

Hint for the last one - Muddy was warm with one of his guesses.

 

[Mudcat]

I would guess the top PPG defensemen would be Leetch and Housley but I would also guess they aren't the answer here. Tkachuk comes to mind but I can't see it. I don't think Kane would have played enough games yet (and I don't know if he has the average anyway.)

I'm thinking it must be someone from longer ago. Like Brian Mullen era.

What about fokken Joe Mullen?

 

[Matty]

Mudday!

Joe Mullen (1.001)

1,063 points in 1,062 games

Here's the full sortable list: http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/records/nhl-players-all-time-points-per-game-leaders.html

 

[Matty]

Mike Bossy's goal-scoring stats are absolutely ridiculous. If you exclude his last season where he was handicapped by back injuries, he's never scored LESS than 51 goals in a season.

He's had FIVE 60-goal seasons.

NINE consecutive 50-goal seasons.

Highest ratio of goals per game ever, above Lemieux.

Unfokkinreal.

http://www.quanthockey.com/hockey-stats/en/profile.php?player=539

 

[Mudcat]

Yeah Joe Mullen. That's who I was grasping for in the first place. I knew when you said PPG of .75 or whatever, it wasn't just that the guy I was thinking of was not as good as I thought. I was just connecting the wrong name with a situation I was remembering.