General Sports Trivia

[Paul Wozniak]

Phil Esposito.

 

[cybok0]

Who was the first anchor on air that you saw on ESPN?(This question can have a lot of answers)


--My cable company didn't have ESPN when it first came out so the first person I saw was Tom Mees. I really liked him, he was the best Hockey announcer I ever heard.

Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann, Chris Berman, Linda Cohn and Charley Steiner.

 

[boomer69]

Who was the first anchor on air that you saw on ESPN?(This question can have a lot of answers)

George Grande was the anchor of the very first SportsCenter back in 1979, so he would have been the first one I saw as I remember watching that "historic" broadcast at work at WTTV here in Indy!!!...

 

[SabresRule]

Which player has the most career regular season goals(NHL only) that never played on a Stanley Cup winning team?

Marcel Dionne

 

[HD MM]

Most hockey fans know Wayne Gretky has the record for most goals in one regular season.
Who had the Record before Gretzky?
Part two. Which player has the most career regular season goals(NHL only) that never played on a Stanley Cup winning team?

So what the heck's the answer? We've had multiple guesses....

 

[dishcomm]

Gordie Howe?

Nope

 

[dishcomm]

Phil Esposito.

Correct. Espo popped in 76 goals in 1970- '71

 

[dishcomm]

Marcel Dionne

Bingo!!!!!
Doinne toiled away as a prolific scorer for relatively weak teams. The 9 time 40 goal scorer's teams never made it past the second round of the playoffs.
N 1980-81 Dionne and his LA Kings were one of the most prolific scoring teams in the NHL that season. Dionne, Dave Taylor and Charlie Simmer amassed 161 goals and 191 assists. The team won 43 games that season but were bounced out of the first round of the playoff by the NY Rangers 3 games to one.

 

[dishcomm]

So what the heck's the answer? We've had multiple guesses....

Sorry,. I usually see the replies in my email. But yours was the first one. Probably a glitch.

 

[dishcomm]

9 members of the 3000 hit club never played on a World Series winning team.
Name as many as you can.
Bonus questions...Who is the all time hit leader to never have been a part of a WS winning team?
Three of these players who've had 3000 or more hits never played in a WS game. Name two

 

[CeltsHD]

9 members of the 3000 hit club never played on a World Series winning team.
Name as many as you can.

Robin Yount, Carl Yastremski, Rafael Palmeiro, Rod Carew, Craig Biggio and Tony Gwynn. Unfortunately, I'm drawing a blank on the other three.

Bonus questions...Who is the all time hit leader to never have been a part of a WS winning team?

Yaz???

Three of these players who've had 3000 or more hits never played in a WS game. Name two

Rafael Palmeiro and Rod Carew???

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Bingo!!!!!
Doinne toiled away as a prolific scorer for relatively weak teams. The 9 time 40 goal scorer's teams never made it past the second round of the playoffs.
N 1980-81 Dionne and his LA Kings were one of the most prolific scoring teams in the NHL that season. Dionne, Dave Taylor and Charlie Simmer amassed 161 goals and 191 assists. The team won 43 games that season but were bounced out of the first round of the playoff by the NY Rangers 3 games to one.

He spent most of his career with the Dead Things (as the Red Wings were known then.)

 

[HD MM]

Sorry,. I usually see the replies in my email. But yours was the first one. Probably a glitch.

No prob. Thanks :up

 

[dishcomm]

Rafael Palmeiro and Rod Carew???

Correct on the second question(Carew and Palmero never played in a WS game. I'll allow morte time for someone to come up with the third.
The other 3000 hit members are all correct.
Very good work. There are three more.
Yaz is incorrect.

 

[dishcomm]

He spent most of his career with the Dead Things (as the Red Wings were known then.)

Actually Doinne spent most of his career with the LA Kings. 11 seasons plus 67 games before he was traded to the NY Rangers near the end of his career

 

[Paul Wozniak]

How long was he in Detroit? It seemed like forever.

 

[charper1]

1968–69 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA
1969–70 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA
1970–71 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA
1971–72 Detroit Red Wings NHL
1972–73 Detroit Red Wings NHL
1973–74 Detroit Red Wings NHL
1974–75 Detroit Red Wings NHL
1975–76 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1976–77 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1977–78 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1978–79 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1979–80 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1980–81 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1981–82 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1982–83 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1983–84 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1984–85 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1985–86 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1986–87 Los Angeles Kings NHL
1986–87 New York Rangers NHL
1987–88 New York Rangers NHL
1988–89 New York Rangers NHL
1988–89 Denver Rangers IHL

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Thanks, I can't believe it was only 4 seasons in Detroit. it really did feel like longer. They were pretty sad in those days.

 

[SabresRule]

They were pretty sad in those days.

As bad as the Lions?

 

[Paul Wozniak]

I would call it very similar, especially the "Darkness with Harkness" days. Old Red Wing fans will remember those times. Very similar to the Millen Error. Don't miss them, that's for sure. The Wings have been winning for so long that one forgets those dark, cold nights at Olympia. Attendance was so bad that you could buy $2 nosebleed seats and worm your way down to seats by the ice by the end of the first period, if not sooner. Bad, bad team.