Yesterday in the history of hockey: June 27
Tomorrow in the history of hockey: June 29
On June 28, two huge deals fell, benefiting a pair of original 6 franchises in the coming years. Again, this date is 1994 and is the busiest in recent memory, including drafts, trades and coaching moves. Finally, it saw the start of the 2021 Stanley Cup final, a rare occurrence in NHL playoff history. So let’s hop on Thw Time Machine and return to the journey over decades to relive it all.
Canadians change their future
The first step to dominate the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s occurred on June 28, 1964. It was the day they won the goalkeepers, leading them to six Stanley Cup titles in eight seasons.
The Canadians traded Guy Allen and Paul Reid to rival Boston Browns in exchange for Alex Campbell and a 16-year-old goalkeeper Ken Dryden. The Bruins used the 14th pick in the 1964 NHL amateur draft to choose Dryden, but traded him a few weeks later.
Dryden chose Cornell University before starting his career, and he scored 76-4-1. He finally signed with Montreal and made his debut later in the 1970-71 season. He was named the starter goalkeeper in the playoffs after winning all six games. Not only did he win the first of six Stanley Cups, he also won the Conn Smith Trophy because he was the most valuable player in the playoffs.
He continued to be the best rookie in the 1971-72 season with a save percentage (SV%) of 39-8-15, a 2.24 goal speed bonus average (GAA) and eight closings. In his career, he won five Vezina trophys, when it was a goalkeeper, who allowed the least goals in the regular season.
Dryden retired at 31 with 258 wins, 2.24 GAA, while his .922 SV% remains the best in franchise history. In 1983, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, the Bears (Allen and Reid) have never played in the NHL game.
A crazy day in 1994
On June 2, 1994, it was one of the busiest days in hockey history. In addition to participating in the NHL draft draft, there were also some big deals, coach changes and final supplemental drafts.
Maple Leafs Make a Big Deal
Prior to the draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs picked Wendel Clark, Sylvain Lefebvre, Landon Wilson and their first-round draft picks (12th overall) (12th place) for Quebec (Mats Sundin), Garth Butcher, Garth Butcher, Todd Warriner, Todd Warriner and their first-round draft picks (their first-round draft picks) (Th comprehensive).
Clark was loved in Toronto, and he played for only one season in Nordiques, scoring 12 goals and 30 points in 37 games. He briefly became a member of the Colorado Avalanche, but he never fits them when he was traded to New York Islander Claude Lemieux a few days before the 1995-96 season. In March 1996, the Islanders exchanged him for Mathieu Schneider and DJ Smith exchanged him for Darby Hendrickson, Sean Haggerty, Kenny Jonsson and Toronto’s first-round picks in the 1997 draft. The draft pick is used to select goalkeeper Roberto Luongo.
Meanwhile, Sundin continued to become the historical leader of Maple Leaf with a score of 987. Eventually, he spent two and a half of his 13 seasons in Toronto, playing with Clark.
Jovanovski first
Later that day, the 1994 draft NHL admission kicked off in Hartford, Connecticut. The Florida Panthers used the first overall draft pick to pick defender Ed Jovanovski. He will play with the Panthers for seven seasons in two separate games. Anaheim’s powerful Ducks brought defensive player Oleg Tverdovsky to player Oleg Tverdovsky, Oleg Tverdovsky, with Ottawa Senator former Radek Bonk in the top three.
Some other well-known members of the 1994 draft class include Ryan Smyth (6ThEdmonton Oiler), Jeff Frieson (11ThSan Jose Shark), Jose Theodore (44ThCanadian), Patrick Elias (51YingshiNew Jersey Devil), Sheldon Solei (71YingshiDevil), Chris Drury (72NDNordiques), Milan Hejik (87ThNordiques), Marty Turco (124ThDallas Star), Daniel Alfredson (133roadSenator), Tim Thomas (217ThNordiques), Evgeni Nabokov (219ThShark), Thomas Vaucohn (226ThCanadian), Steve Sullivan (233roadDevil) and Thomas Holmstrom (257Thred wings)
Other notable moves
In addition to hosting the admission draft, the Hartford Whalers made coach changes on this date. They hired Paul Holmgren for the second time, replacing Pierre Maguire. He played only 12 games in the 1995-96 season before being replaced by Paul Maurice, who brought the team to Carolina to the 2002 Stanley Cup final.
Nordiques used the draft picks obtained in the Clark trade and traded them with Ron Sutter to the Islanders for Defenseman Uwe Krupp and their first-round picks. Krupp played for four seasons for the team and scored a Stanley Cup-defining goal for the Avalanche in 1996.
From 1986 to 1994, the NHL held its annual supplementary draft, which was used by the team to select college players who did not meet the admission draft. Ten players were selected in the final supplementary draft. The most successful player of the selected guys is Steve Rucchin, who was picked by the powerful ducks. Over the next 10 seasons, he scored 153 goals and 432 points in Anaheim’s game.
Odd number and ending
On June 28, 1985, after finishing his college career at RPI, Red Wings signed undrafted free agent Adam Oates. He spent the first four seasons of his 19 seasons in the NHL in Detroit, where he scored 54 goals and 199 points. After the 1988-89 season, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues with Paul MacLean for Bernie Federko and Tony McKegney. He completed his career with 341 goals and 1,079 assists and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.
Greg Johnston had a very busy day on June 28, 1990, as he was a member of three different teams for several hours. First, he was traded by the Brown Bear to the New York Rangers for Chris Nilan. The ranger then traded him to the Maple Leafs for Tie Domi and Mark Laforest. He has played in just four NHL games in two seasons in Toronto.
The Devil hired Jacques Lemaire as the new head coach on June 28, 1993 to replace Herb Brooks. He brought the Devils to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals in his first season, and they won the Stanley Cup in 1995. Lemaire returned to New Jersey for the second time in 2009 after eight seasons as head coach of Minnesota Wild.
The Hockey Hall of Fame announced a very impressive induction class on June 28, 2007. Four players were voted in their first year of qualification; Mark Messier, Ron Francis, Al Macinnis and Scott Stevens.
The 2021 Stanley Cup final begins on June 28, 2021, with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Montreal Canadiens facing each other in a rare Oriental Conference showdown. The Chargers won 5-1 and led the lead with a 1-0 series, with Nikita Kucherov reaching 30 points in his second consecutive playoffs. He joined Wayne Gretzky (VI), Mark Messier (III), Jari Kurri (2) and Mario Lemieux (Two).
In the same game, Canadian Uber-Rookie Cole Caufield became the second player in NHL history to compete in the Cup finals and win the Hobey Baker Award in the same season. Jesperi Kotkaniemi also has a key point in the game to become the sixth player in franchise history, scoring in the cup finals of 20 or under. Ultimately, with Carey Price and Andrei Vasilevskiy facing each other, for the fourth time since 1981, fans saw two Vezina Trophy Winners meet for the first time since 1999 in the final (Ed Belfour meets Dallas star and Dominik Hasek meets Buffalo Sabers).
The first round of the 2023 NHL Draft was held in Nashville on this day, with Connor Bedard being selected for the first time by the Chicago Blackhawks. Anaheim Ducks came to the podium and unexpectedly brought Leo Carlsson to him in place of Adam Fantilli to Columbus blue jacket. The top five are Will Smith (San Jose Sharks) and David Reinbacher (Montreal Canadian). Bedard continued his championship trophy season, amassing 22 goals and 61 points despite the lack of most jaw recovery. Carlsson and Fantilli also compete in the NHL, with the former scoring 12 goals, 27 points, the last 12 goals and 29 points.
On June 28, 2024, the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft was held at the sphere in Las Vegas. Macklin Celebrini went to the Blackhawks and Ducks in second and third place respectively, and ranked first overall. The top five are Cayden Lindstrom (blue jacket) and Ivan Demidov (Canadiens). Celebrini, Levshunov and Demidov all made their NHL debuts in the 2024-25 season.
Happy birthday to you
The late George Gee was born in 1993 in Stratford, Ontario. Gee scored 135 goals and 318 points in nine seasons with Black Hawks and Red Wings in 551 professional NHL games. In the 1946-47 season, he scored a career-high 20 goals for Chicago. He was traded to Detroit early in the 1948-47 season and was part of their 1950 Stanley Cup championship team.
Other current NHL players born on June 28 include Roland Melanson (65), Brad Larson (48), Ric Jackman (47), Garret Sparks (32) and Joel Edmundson (32).
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