Wednesday, March 14, 2007
March 14th Blog
Posting another blog today after one yesterday hope you enjoyed the lawn gnomes and here we go.
Mike Modano scores 500.
Modano found the back of the net for the 500th time in his NHL career last night against Philly. Modano became the 5th player this year to score his 500th goal this year. Selanne, Sundin, Recchi and Bondra are the other 4 to already hit the mark this year. Modano has scored all of his goals for the Stars franchise whether in Minnesota or Dallas. He becomes now only the 2nd American player to hit the magical mark. Barring a disastrous breakdown he will become the all-time leading goal scorer amongst American players. Joe Mullen is currently sitting at 502 goals and Modano may have that record by the end of the year. Now as much as I dislike Modano you have to give him credit for his skill all these years. Most interesting Mike Modano stat: He has never had a 100 point NHL Season. I Believe he is one of the very few 1,000 point scorers without having a 100 point season. In Modano's two best seasons he scored 93 points.
Now while watching the game what I considered the most interesting stat was mentioned by color commentator Darryl Reaugh. There are 39 NHL Players who have scored 500 goals or more in the NHL. Out of those 39 players 32 of them are Canadian which leaves only seven Non-Canadians. So I've already mentioned the two who are American, Mullen and Modano, which leaves five players. There is one Czech, a Slovak, two Fins and a Swede. The players that fit those countries is Jagr, Bondra, Kurri and Selanne, and Mats Sundin. I considered this one of the most intriguing stats that had been said. Now there are some Non-Canadians closing in on the mark. Jeremy Roenick is nine goals away from the mark. After that we drop down to Keith Tkachuk who has 470 and Sergei Fedorov who has 460 goals. After that the market is pretty bare for Non-Canadians and even for Canadians as the only one close is Gary Roberts and he is 74 goals away from 500.
If your asking yourself which NHL player was closest to 500 without getting 500 the answer is Glenn Anderson who finished his NHL Career with 498 goals.
For British Eyes Only
For those of you that read who are from London I'll give you a quick update on the trip I want to take. I'm waiting for the Kings to have their prices for packages to go over. If not I'll try to find a hotel and a flight with a friend. I really want to make it over so I plan on this. If any of our England fans read this please email me with insightful tips as I've never been to England. Or send me a message on AIM. Right now besides the games I want to do some sight seeing and catch an English Premier League game. So here is another part I need some help with is the EPL game. Judging by Mapquest I've come to believe the closest team is The Tottenham Hotspurs which looks to be about 10 minutes away. The question for England listeners is what other EPL teams are in the vicinity that I can go see. I am aware tickets may not be easy but I need to see one match.
Thanks for reading for today!
SC
Mike Modano scores 500.
Modano found the back of the net for the 500th time in his NHL career last night against Philly. Modano became the 5th player this year to score his 500th goal this year. Selanne, Sundin, Recchi and Bondra are the other 4 to already hit the mark this year. Modano has scored all of his goals for the Stars franchise whether in Minnesota or Dallas. He becomes now only the 2nd American player to hit the magical mark. Barring a disastrous breakdown he will become the all-time leading goal scorer amongst American players. Joe Mullen is currently sitting at 502 goals and Modano may have that record by the end of the year. Now as much as I dislike Modano you have to give him credit for his skill all these years. Most interesting Mike Modano stat: He has never had a 100 point NHL Season. I Believe he is one of the very few 1,000 point scorers without having a 100 point season. In Modano's two best seasons he scored 93 points.
Now while watching the game what I considered the most interesting stat was mentioned by color commentator Darryl Reaugh. There are 39 NHL Players who have scored 500 goals or more in the NHL. Out of those 39 players 32 of them are Canadian which leaves only seven Non-Canadians. So I've already mentioned the two who are American, Mullen and Modano, which leaves five players. There is one Czech, a Slovak, two Fins and a Swede. The players that fit those countries is Jagr, Bondra, Kurri and Selanne, and Mats Sundin. I considered this one of the most intriguing stats that had been said. Now there are some Non-Canadians closing in on the mark. Jeremy Roenick is nine goals away from the mark. After that we drop down to Keith Tkachuk who has 470 and Sergei Fedorov who has 460 goals. After that the market is pretty bare for Non-Canadians and even for Canadians as the only one close is Gary Roberts and he is 74 goals away from 500.
If your asking yourself which NHL player was closest to 500 without getting 500 the answer is Glenn Anderson who finished his NHL Career with 498 goals.
For British Eyes Only
For those of you that read who are from London I'll give you a quick update on the trip I want to take. I'm waiting for the Kings to have their prices for packages to go over. If not I'll try to find a hotel and a flight with a friend. I really want to make it over so I plan on this. If any of our England fans read this please email me with insightful tips as I've never been to England. Or send me a message on AIM. Right now besides the games I want to do some sight seeing and catch an English Premier League game. So here is another part I need some help with is the EPL game. Judging by Mapquest I've come to believe the closest team is The Tottenham Hotspurs which looks to be about 10 minutes away. The question for England listeners is what other EPL teams are in the vicinity that I can go see. I am aware tickets may not be easy but I need to see one match.
Thanks for reading for today!
SC
