What does Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Wayne Gretzky, and Capitals’ center Lars Eller all have in common? These players have all had the distinction of scoring a Stanley Cup-winning goal. They are five of nearly 100 hockey players who have done so since the NHL formed in late 1917.
YouTuber yosoo created a marvelous 26-minute video showing 73 of those Cup-winning goals since 1933. The montage captures how hockey has evolved over the last century from its gameplay and speed to its arenas and broadcasting.
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The video went viral on Reddit Hockey in early May.
After being donated by Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, the Stanley Cup has been awarded nearly every year since 1893. The NHL, which was founded on November 26, 1917, first awarded the Cup to the Toronto Arenas on March 30, 1918.
A year later the Stanley Cup was not awarded due to the 1918 Flu Pandemic which killed an estimated 17 to 50-plus million people, including the Montreal Canadiens’ Joe Hall (inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961).
The sixth and deciding game of the series was scheduled for April 1, but an outbreak of influenza caused several players on both teams to become seriously ill. With Lalonde, Hall, Coutu, Berlinguette, and McDonald of Montreal hospitalized or sick in bed, with fevers between 101 and 105 degrees Fahrenheit, game six was cancelled just five and a half hours before it was scheduled to start…
Four days later, Joe Hall died of pneumonia brought about by the flu. His funeral was held in Vancouver on April 8, with most team members attending, and he was buried in Brandon, Manitoba. Manager George Kennedy also was stricken. His condition declined, and his wife arrived from Montreal to be with him. He seemed to recover and was released from the hospital, but he never fully recovered and he died a few years later.
No official Stanley Cup winner was declared in 1919, and thus nothing was engraved onto the trophy. However, when the Cup was redesigned in 1948 and a new collar was added to include those teams that did not engrave their names on the trophy themselves, the following was added:
1919
Montreal Canadiens
Seattle Metropolitans
Series Not Completed
Nearly a century later, the NHL faces the same possibility as the coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly 100,000 Americans over the last two months.
List of NHL Stanley Cup-winning goals
(x) = Video of Stanley Cup-winning goal not available
(x) 1918 – Corb Denneny (Arenas)
1919 – FLU PANDEMIC (Stanley Cup not awarded)
(x) 1920 – Jack Darragh (Senators)
(x) 1921 – Jack Darragh (Senators)
(x) 1922 – Babe Dye (St. Patricks)
(x) 1923 – Punch Broadbent (Senators)
(x) 1924 – Howie Morenz (Canadiens)
(x) 1925 – Gizzy Hart (Cougars)
(x) 1926 – Nels Stewart (Maroons)
(x) 1927 – Cy Denneny (Senators)
(x) 1928 – Frank Boucher (Rangers)
(x) 1929 – Bill Carson (Bruins)
(x) 1930 – Howie Morenz (Canadiens)
(x) 1931 – Johnny Gagnon (Canadiens)
(x) 1932 – Ace Bailey (Maple Leafs)
1933 – Bill Cook (Rangers) (OT)
(x) 1934 – Mush March (Black Hawks) (OT)
(x) 1935 – Baldy Northcot (Maroons)
(x) 1936 – Pete Kelly (Red Wings)
(x) 1937 – Martin Barry (Red Wings)
(x) 1938 – Carl Voss (Black Hawks)
(x) 1939 – Roy Conacher (Bruins)
(x) 1940 – Bryan Hextall (Rangers) (OT)
1941 – Bobby Bauer (Bruins)
1942 – Pete Langelle (Maple Leafs)
(x) 1943 – Joe Carveth (Red Wings)
(x) 1944 – Toe Blake (Canadiens) (OT)
(x) 1945 – Babe Pratt (Maple Leafs)
1946 – Toe Blake (Canadiens)
1947 – Ted Kennedy (Maple Leafs)
(x) 1948 – Harry Watson (Maple Leafs)
(x) 1949 – Cal Gardner (Maple Leafs)
1950 – Pete Babando (Red Wings) (2OT)
1951 – Bill Barilko (Maple Leafs) (OT)
1952 – Metro Prystai (Red Wings)
1953 – Elmer Lach (Canadiens) (OT)
1954 – Tony Leswick (Red Wings) (OT)
1955 – Gordie Howe (Red Wings)
1956 – Maurice Richard (Canadiens)
1957 – Dickie Moore (Canadiens)
1958 – Bernie Geoffrion (Canadiens)
1959 – Marcel Bonin (Canadiens)
1960 – Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)
1961 – Ab Mcdonald (Black Hawks)
1962 – Dick Duff (Maple Leafs)
1963 – Eddie Shack (Maple Leafs)
1964 – Andy Bathgate (Maple Leafs)
1965 – Jean Beliveau (Canadiens)
1966 – Henri Richard (Canadiens) (OT)
1967 – Jim Pappin (Maple Leafs)
1968 – J.C. Tremblay (Canadiens)
1969 – John Ferguson (Canadiens)
1970 – Bobby Orr (Bruins) (OT)
1971 – Henri Richard (Canadiens)
1972 – Bobby Orr (Bruins)
1973 – Yvan Cournoyer (Canadiens)
1974 – Rick Macleish (Flyers)
1975 – Bob Kelly (Flyers)
1976 – Guy Lafleur (Canadiens)
1977 – Jacques Lemaire (Canadiens) (OT)
1978 – Mario Tremblay (Canadiens)
1979 – Jacques Lemaire (Canadiens)
1980 – Bob Nystrom (Islanders) (OT)
1981 – Wayne Merrick (Islanders)
1982 – Mike Bossy (Islanders)
1983 – Mike Bossy (Islanders)
1984 – Ken Linseman (Oilers)
1985 – Paul Coffey (Oilers)
1986 – Bobby Smith (Canadiens)
1987 – Jari Kurri (Oilers)
1988 – Wayne Gretzky (Oilers)
1989 – Doug Gilmour (Flames)
1990 – Craig Simpson (Oilers)
1991 – Ulf Samuelsson (Penguins)
1992 – Ron Francis (Penguins)
1993 – Kirk Muller (Canadiens)
1994 – Mark Messier (Rangers)
1995 – Neal Broten (Devils)
1996 – Uwe Krupp (Avalanche) (3OT)
1997 – Darren McCarty (Red Wings)
1998 – Martin Lapointe (Red Wings)
1999 – Brett Hull (Stars) (3OT)
2000 – Jason Arnott (Devils) (2OT)
2001 – Alex Tanguay (Avalanche)
2002 – Brendan Shanahan (Red Wings)
2003 – Mike Rupp (Devils)
2004 – Ruslan Fedotenko (Lightning)
2005 – LOCKOUT (Stanley Cup not awarded)
2006 – Frantisek Kaberle (Hurricanes)
2007 – Travis Moen (Ducks)
2008 – Henrik Zetterberg (Red Wings)
2009 – Max Talbot (Penguins)
2010 – Patrick Kane (Blackhawks) (OT)
2011 – Patrice Bergeron (Bruins)
2012 – Jeff Carter (Kings)
2013 – Dave Bolland (Blackhawks)
2014 – Alec Martinez (Kings) (2OT)
2015 – Duncan Keith (Blackhawks)
2016 – Kris Letang (Penguins)
2017 – Patric Hornqvist (Penguins)
2018 – Lars Eller (Capitals)
2019 – Alex Pietrangelo (Blues)
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