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Post by aj on May 19, 2004 7:46:49 GMT -5
How many teams have won the Stanley Cup with a non-Canadian captain, and who were they? As far as I know, there's only one, but I'm still waiting to be proven wrong---because if not, the Leafs have to get the "C" off Sundin's jersey, so they can win it. Anyone know of more than one?
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Post by DanCan on May 19, 2004 10:49:28 GMT -5
I don't know, but there must be more than one. i.e. there must have been several U.S. captains? if the question was, how many European captains....the answer would be simple: None. No European captain has even led his team into the Stanley Cup finals yet.
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Post by NyQuil on May 19, 2004 10:51:10 GMT -5
I'm guessing it's Derian Hatcher with the Dallas Stars.
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Post by aj on May 19, 2004 10:58:35 GMT -5
That's the one I know of, yeah. But are there any others? My brother-in-law thought the Islanders might have won it in the 80's with Ken Morrow as captain, but I think Denis Potvin was captain. Am I right?
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Post by DanCan on May 19, 2004 11:00:57 GMT -5
Well, the first player I checked...starting from the beginning of the Stanley Cup 1917/18...was Harry Mummery, captain for Toronto Arenas, and he was an American (born in Illinois, USA).
I'm sure there have been several other non-Canadian captain Stanley Cup Winners.
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Post by aj on May 19, 2004 11:14:32 GMT -5
Like I said, I was waiting to be proven wrong. Where did you find that? I've been looking for a list of Cup-winning captains ever since some guy asked me this question in the pub (i wanted to prove him wrong), but I haven't had any luck.
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Post by DanCan on May 19, 2004 11:26:01 GMT -5
OK, here's your list of captains: ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/hkn_stanleycupresults.htmlNaturally, I don't have a register on the citizenship of all the captains, but az-hockey include info on the players and where they were born. www.azhockey.com/index.htmlFor instance, Chuck Gardiner, captain for Chigago Blackhawks (winner of Stanley Cup 1933/34) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Duncan Munro, Montreal Maroons (winner of Stanley Cup 1925/26) was also born in Scotland, but he could have been a naturalized Canadian since he played for Canada in the 1924 Olympics. Anyway, with all these Scottish captains, I'm sure Braveheart must be proud.
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Post by aj on May 19, 2004 11:36:20 GMT -5
Thanks alot! ;D I owe you a beer. Next time I'm in Copenhagen, I guess...... Actually, that'll be the first time I'm in Copenhagen, but hey, it might happen.....I'm a lot closer now than I used to be.
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Post by NyQuil on May 19, 2004 16:39:06 GMT -5
I'm guessing that both of our Scottish captains were in fact naturalized Canadians.
Considering that Great Britain won the Gold in 1932 with Canadian players upon it.
Back then, the Empire was still in full swing.
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Post by Brimsek39 on May 21, 2004 15:58:15 GMT -5
I think Johnny Gottselig was the Captain of the 37-38 Chicago team that won the Stanley Cup. He was born in Odessa. However I'm not sure when he came to North America. It could have been as a child (probably).
The first American born goalie (that I know of) to back a team to the Stanley Cup was also on that team -- Mike Karakas. Worthless trivia -- sorry.
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Post by aj on May 24, 2004 6:27:41 GMT -5
No trivia is worthless!
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Post by Jazz on May 25, 2004 3:25:20 GMT -5
aj - I agree!
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Post by Jazz on May 25, 2004 4:38:07 GMT -5
Hey Brimsek39 Is Gottselig a Ukrainian (for any Slavic) name? Just curious.
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Post by Brimsek39 on May 25, 2004 9:32:03 GMT -5
Hey Brimsek39 Is Gottselig a Ukrainian (for any Slavic) name? Just curious. With that last name I'm going to guess that he was probably part of the German minority that lived in that area -- with many of them emigrating to North America in the early 1900's. Just a pure guess on my part. Found a few passing notes on him that mention he was raised in US after emigrating "at an early age". I know from stats that he played his pre-NHL hockey in Canada though.
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Post by Lukasz on May 26, 2004 7:55:25 GMT -5
Gottselig is definitely not Slavic name, like Brimsek I think that for 95% it is German name.
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