Author Topic: Orginal 6....? (Read 568 times)

Monk · « **Reply #15 on:** April 25, 2002, 11:58:39 AM »

Hehehe, Thank you Target.

Quebec had a first team in the First NHL, but there was also a NHA, and PHA. I believe in 1925...? they all came together, and became the NHL what we know of today.

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BTW Target, Nice hat.

Hortlund · « **Reply #16 on:** April 25, 2002, 01:13:27 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
I'm sorry, but Quebecians (Quebecites?, Quebecers?)

I thought they were just called "frogs"

bowser · « **Reply #17 on:** April 25, 2002, 06:12:57 PM »

Wow..either not too many Canadians or a very young crowd here I guess.

Boston
Montreal
Chicago
Toronto
NY Rangers
Detroit

You are correct sir!

A follow up trivia question: What was the last year of the original six and who won the Stanley cup that year?

bowser

Sclew · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2002, 11:03:23 PM »

The Islanders were actually originally called the NY Americans. IIRC they folded just after the war and left the "original 6" that made the NHL famous through the fifties and sixties.

Dune · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2002, 11:09:32 PM »

Bowser is correct. Those are the original six. And as of tonight, 3 of them remain.

however, even though I'm a Rangers fan, I love my hockey in the desert. Go 'Yotes!!!!

Sclew · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2002, 11:20:41 PM »

BTW bowser- 1966 last year, Montreal won it

'67 TO took it home but by then it was 12 teams.

Thrawn · « **Reply #21 on:** April 26, 2002, 06:47:43 AM »

People from Quebec are generally referred to as "Quebecois".

Monk · « **Reply #22 on:** April 26, 2002, 07:15:22 AM »

Oh yes, I can feel it, we have the Silver Football, now is time for the Cup to come home.

Bruins fan since................ahh..... .since......forever I Guess:D

bowser · « **Reply #23 on:** April 26, 2002, 07:06:59 PM »

Sorry Sclew....very close but no cigar.

Clue: Check the second part of your answer a bit more closely.

bowser

Sclew · « **Reply #24 on:** April 28, 2002, 12:12:27 PM »

Jeesus bowser.

The answer is right. Last time 6 teams played was '66. Montreal won that year and in 1967 there were 12 teams. Toronto won.

bowser · « **Reply #25 on:** April 29, 2002, 06:10:33 PM »

Actually, the last season of the original six was 1967 and the winner of the Stanley Cup the last year of the original six was the Toronto Maple Leafs...not the Montreal Canadians.

NOTE: As everyone knows, the season is spread over two calendar years. The calendar year in which the season ends is always used when a single year is used to describe a season.

The next season, 1968 or 67/68, the league expanded to 12 teams in two divisions. The East division contained the original six teams and the West division contained 6 new teams...Philadelphia, Los Angeles, St.Louis, Pittsburgh, Oakland and Minnesota.

http://www.execulink.com/~c67leafs/

http://nhl.com/hockeyu/history/fstand60s.html

Isn't the Internet wonderful? You can prove "know-it-alls" wrong.

P.S. If you still don't believe me, you can do what I've done about 50 times in the last couple of years. Go to the ACC in Toronto to see a Leaf game and look up in the rafters over the ice. You'll notice a Stanley Cup banner hanging there that says...you guessed it....1967.

bowser