Tuesday, January 13, 2004
NO, WE WON'T KICK YOUR DOG, CAM
Cam Neely. The most underrated hockey player ever.
Monday night at the Fleet Center in Boston, Neely became the 10th Boston Bruin to have his number retired. Neely only played 13 seasons, 3 with the Canucks and 10 with the Bruins, before being forced to retire in 1996 due to a chronic hip injury.
From the Boston Bruins web site...
His 344 career regular season goals total include 76 multiple-goal games including 14 career hat tricks, 129 power play goals, one shorthanded goal, 56 game-winning tallies and three game-tying scores. His franchise-record 55 playoff goals included three career playoff hat tricks.
He had 173 multiple-point games, with 120 two-point efforts, 45 three-point games, seven four-point nights and a career-high 3-4=7 performance October 16, 1988 in Chicago. He added 18 multiple-point playoff games, with 14 two-point efforts and four three-point nights.
His most frequent target was Patrick Roy, against whom he scored 16 regular season goals and 18 playoff tallies. Rounding out his regular-season top targets are Ken Wregget (15), Peter Sidorkiewicz (13), Tom Barrasso (12) and Mario Gosselin, Kirk McLean and John Vanbiesbrouck (10 each). In all, he scored goals against 81 different goaltenders.
His most proficient set-up man was Ray Bourque, who assisted on 103 of Neely's 344 career regular season goals (29.9%). Craig Janney assisted on more of Neely's 55 playoff goals than any other player with 28 playoff assists on Neely goals (50.9%).
His favorite team target was the Quebec/Colorado franchise, as he scored more points against the Nordiques/Avalanche than any other NHL team with 32 goals and 29 assists for 61 points in 49 games.
He recorded points in 344 of his 525 games as a Bruin (65.5%) with his longest stretch of games without a point four-game spans on four occasions. He averaged 1.12 points-per-game over his Bruins career.
He holds the second-longest goal streak in club history with eight-game stretches each in 1989-90 and 1990-91 (nine goals each). Those streaks are one shy of Phil Esposito's club mark of nine games in 1970-71.
He led the club in goals on seven occasions, in 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1993-94 and 1994-95, and in overall scoring twice, in 1988-89 and 1989-90. Only Phil Esposito led the team in goals for more seasons at eight.
CAN WE PLEASE PUT CAM NEELY IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME???
I miss Cam Neely. The man had to retire way too soon. He retired at the age of 31. Not fair. NOT FAIR AT ALL. Cam was tough as hell. He defined the term "power forward". The small rink of the Boston Garden was perfect for Cam. His style of play fit the Boston Garden just as well as the parquet floor.
You did kick ass, Seabass.
Again, PUT CAM NEELY IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME, DAMMIT!
Monday night at the Fleet Center in Boston, Neely became the 10th Boston Bruin to have his number retired. Neely only played 13 seasons, 3 with the Canucks and 10 with the Bruins, before being forced to retire in 1996 due to a chronic hip injury.
From the Boston Bruins web site...
His 344 career regular season goals total include 76 multiple-goal games including 14 career hat tricks, 129 power play goals, one shorthanded goal, 56 game-winning tallies and three game-tying scores. His franchise-record 55 playoff goals included three career playoff hat tricks.
He had 173 multiple-point games, with 120 two-point efforts, 45 three-point games, seven four-point nights and a career-high 3-4=7 performance October 16, 1988 in Chicago. He added 18 multiple-point playoff games, with 14 two-point efforts and four three-point nights.
His most frequent target was Patrick Roy, against whom he scored 16 regular season goals and 18 playoff tallies. Rounding out his regular-season top targets are Ken Wregget (15), Peter Sidorkiewicz (13), Tom Barrasso (12) and Mario Gosselin, Kirk McLean and John Vanbiesbrouck (10 each). In all, he scored goals against 81 different goaltenders.
His most proficient set-up man was Ray Bourque, who assisted on 103 of Neely's 344 career regular season goals (29.9%). Craig Janney assisted on more of Neely's 55 playoff goals than any other player with 28 playoff assists on Neely goals (50.9%).
His favorite team target was the Quebec/Colorado franchise, as he scored more points against the Nordiques/Avalanche than any other NHL team with 32 goals and 29 assists for 61 points in 49 games.
He recorded points in 344 of his 525 games as a Bruin (65.5%) with his longest stretch of games without a point four-game spans on four occasions. He averaged 1.12 points-per-game over his Bruins career.
He holds the second-longest goal streak in club history with eight-game stretches each in 1989-90 and 1990-91 (nine goals each). Those streaks are one shy of Phil Esposito's club mark of nine games in 1970-71.
He led the club in goals on seven occasions, in 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1993-94 and 1994-95, and in overall scoring twice, in 1988-89 and 1989-90. Only Phil Esposito led the team in goals for more seasons at eight.
CAN WE PLEASE PUT CAM NEELY IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME???
I miss Cam Neely. The man had to retire way too soon. He retired at the age of 31. Not fair. NOT FAIR AT ALL. Cam was tough as hell. He defined the term "power forward". The small rink of the Boston Garden was perfect for Cam. His style of play fit the Boston Garden just as well as the parquet floor.
You did kick ass, Seabass.
Again, PUT CAM NEELY IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME, DAMMIT!
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