The Most BIZARRE Careers In NHL History
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Andrew Hammond. A career minor league goaltender who one season put up a 20-1 record dragging the Senators into the playoffs. Then kinda disappeared into obscurity.
He actually played playoff games for the avalanche a few years later and did pretty well lol. He then bounced around the league, playing games for Minnesota’s affiliate in Iowa, he played a couple games for the habs last season (those ones were my favourite), and he finished his career with New Jersey this past season after announcing his retirement.
His career stats:
67 GP
31-20-7
.917 SV%
Playoffs
5 GP
1-4-0
He was pretty good for my habs last year considering the awful defence in front of him. I remember seeing him take on the flames and winning in overtime as the first and only nhl game I’ve ever been too. I have a lot of respect for him.
The hamburglar
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hip injuries caught up with him, that and groin issues
Thought you would include Arber Xhekaj, the guy went undrafted, than worked at Costco, and is now a beast defenseman on the Canadiens
Goalkeeper Mike McKenna - He represented an incredible number of 22 PRO Teams in his hockey PRO career.
Drafted 172nd overall by Nashville Predators in 2002, and had a career from 2005 til 2019!
Following his retirement, he was hired as a TV analyst for the Las Vegas Golden Knights.
Turgeon certainly should've been on Canada's 96 World Cup Team and probably the 98 Olympic team but around that time the architects of Team Canada were obsessed with gritty players and left off quite a few highly skilled guys, Turgeon being one.
Pierre Turgeon right up there with Alexander Mogilny when it comes to glaring H.O.F omissions.. It makes zero sense aside from personal pettiness from members of the voting committee.
I was done with the H.O.F after they callously waited until Pat Burns passed away before inducting him. They had several opportunities to do so while he was still alive.
Hopefully Pierre & Alex get their moment some day soon.
I grew up on hockey, but have recently come to realize what utter dogshit the culture of the sport is. "Oh you didn't participate in a brawl as a teenager? BANNED FORVER YOU FUCKING COWARD!"
The game is run by a bunch of knuckle-dragging dumbfucks who think wearing a suit is what makes you professional and covers all the terrible things you do and think.
Agree. When Turgeon played for the avs, I was at the game against the sharks when he scored his 500th goal. Cool moment. He should definitely be in the HOF. Rocket Richard only has 29 more goals.
As a Stars fan, I am excited to have Mason Marchment on the team and his 3 goals in 2 games.
That goal where he went end to end and beat everyone to score was absolutely insane.
As a Stars fan, I’m excited to have a team and coach that finally seem to be meshing well.
As a Florida fan I loved him. I think if he didn’t get hurt in the Washington series, he could’ve helped us win the Tampa series but w/o him we got swept. Really hope he does well in Dallas
@@kylecampbell1766 Thanks, hoping he keeps doing as well as he's doing. Hope we're able to play you guys in the playoffs, would be a fun series
As a leaf’s fan I’m sad they let him go for absolutely nothing
As a 34yr old NYR fan who remembers the Blackburn thing, he had SO much potential its so sad his career was derailed so early due to injury - random anectodte - i went to NYR vs PHI in philly with my fam (step dad/step bro were philly fans but my bro and i were die hard NYR fans so we took tonnns of abuse wearing our broadway blue in a see of orage/black, even getting food thrown at me (i was 13btw) - well we decided to walk down to the visiting bench during warm ups as they came out and the coach at the time was Tom Renney and the blackburn injury had just happened and being a goalie myself i actually asked him as he came through the tunnel if Blackburn would return anytime soon and he just looked at me and shook his head knowingly...two days later the news was official.
Wow great story! Thanks for sharing
It's like when you're wearing a Montreal Canadiens shirt at Boston. Or the other way around.
Say what you will but I loved the “Dead Puck Era”. Patrick Roy’s play is what got me into hockey. Still miss those days, all it needed was the removal of two line passes and it’d be lit.
I remember watching Blackburn and thinking 'this kid is gonna be an absolute superstar.
Imagine if Rags management had been competent and taken it easy on a kid way too young to be carrying a struggling original 6 team.
they had so much salaray upfront but used a kid in net.. was dumb
THAT LAST ONE IS FUCKING NUTS LMAOOO. 521 Goals with a re-stitched thumb wtf.
Bare in mind, this isn’t 21st century surgery but 1980s surgery.
Dude lost a thumb to finish 37th all time?! No wonder Turgeon can't make the Hall at 34th all time, he had both thumbs. 😁
Turgeon and Verbeek both belong in the HHOF. What a joke.
Verbeek's robot thumb disqualifies him. It obviously improved his shot or something. :^V
And Chris Osgood
@@suburbanindie osgood was carried his whole career lmfaoooo
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Turgeons a bitch, didn't even have the boys back
So happy Marchment is doing so well. After losing his dad this summer I hope he explodes and sets more career highs. He’s a good skater for a big guy and tough too. Wish he’d be having his success with the leafs, but it is what it is
Can you name a player that had a bizarre career?
I had to blur about 12 second of the Turgeon incident because it got flagged for showing "Dead bodies" 👿 I will link the event in the description.
Ben
Derick Brassard. Man's seem to play for every team rn XD
Danny Heatley, not as bizarre but going from killing his teammate in a car accident to 50 goals in 07 is whack.
Arber Xhekaj is a 21 year old dman on the HABS and he was not drafted in the ohl and the nhl he worked at Costco and now he is in the nhl
You ever talk about Robb Stauber career?
Dude, Theoren Fleury got arteries in his left arm severed and missed a year when he was like nine or ten. His parents were alcoholics/addicted to prescription drugs. He was sexually abused when he was a teenager. He was never supposed to make it besides all of that heaped on him and was "too small" for the NHL to begin with. Yet, he's in the top seventy all-time in points and may be pound for pound and inch for inch one of the best players all-time. His NHL record of three short handed goals and his plus nine game never get talked about either. The last four years of his career or so were about as bizarre as it gets too.
Wtv, his name should never be mentioned again, he lost it and has lost everyone’s respect.
@@ellaella5537 wake up clown
Great Vid Rob. Can I get a vote in for the next one being about Smart guys in the NHL. So many players have high end degrees and academic achievments, ie; Joe Juneau has a Aerospace engineering degree, George Parros went to Princeton, Etc. It would be great to see a vid about them.
Keep the great content coming. Stay Happy and Healthy
Always great- I’m a lifelong diehard hockey fan and I genuinely learn stuff from your videos
Long time lurker, But man, This video is amazing, Nice one Rob!
Thanks dude! Appreciate ya
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I met Turgeon on a Mexican excursion with his wife, and they were lovely people. Thought he was much taller than 6ft 1 according to his trading card?
The RB26 noises over Sutter's tractor was a nice touch
Great video again Rob❤👍
You should do a video on best players to come from university to the nhl
Great vid as usual Rob, keep up the great work! ❤
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Mark Giordano had a wild start. He was undrafted, and Calgary signed him to a 3 way contact. I don't think I've ever seen another 3 way contract. He became a premier player, and won the Norris trophy. But somehow he has never been an all-star.
Rob... you're unique videos are why I watch you... IMO ... you're hockey youtube channel is second only to THG and you put out way less than most of the other hockey channels.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks buddy!
Love the goldeneye music at the end 🤣🤣🤣 absolute banger 🔥🔥🔥
you also forgotten about Alex Burrows as he was undrafted and was a roller blade hockey player who went on to a great career in the NHL and is now a assistant coach of the Montreal Canadians
Absolutely. Burrows' story is a good one.
I’m a Habs fan and I didn’t know he was undrafted and a rollerblade hockey player. That’s cool.
@@ellaella5537 I am a canuck fan since they joined the NHL, and he was a really gritty player a fan favorite plus wow he did so much volunteer work at many events,I am so happy he went on to be.with such a great original team and hope he helps them on the east would be nice to see a Canadian team win the cup its been awhile
again amazing vid Rob !!! 💕
These are your best style videos, classic RTH
The for the support dude!
Losing his Thumb and still scoring, reminds me of Ronnie Lott in the NFL, players nowadays get turf toe or a blister and they’re out
Great vids rob always looking forward to new ones.
cool story about Marchment; I havent really payed much attention to hockey the last 3-4 years (came back this sesason, thanks to the enthusiasm of a friend that re-awoke mine) so Id never heard of him before now.
I remember watching that Piestany scrap. It was so ridiculous
Never knew that about Verbeek. Hated him as a Bruins fan but always respected his play. More so now knowing that.
Turgeon never played for tem Canada again because it was so stacked at the center position. Gretzky, Lemeiux, Sakic, Neiwendyke, Lindros, Messier, Francis, Linden, and Hawerchuck were the choices for team Canada at center. Who do you bump to put Turgeon in? He also had a reputation of being frail. He didn't get to play for them because of all the Hall of Famers who were available and much better. It wasn't because team Canada hated him. Turgeon was good but not great.
Could have put him on the wing, they have centres playing wing on every Team Canada roster.
@@mofishin2648 I guess you could have put him on the wing. I mean you might have to bump Brendan Shanahan or John Leclaire. Maybe Paul Karia wants to be a healthy scratch. Rick Nash won't mind either. Luke Rollbitaie and Michelle Goulet have probably played wing for Canada a little too much. How about Gary Roberts? You could tell him you don't need him you've got Pierre Turgeon instead. Yeah that's gonna work out just fine. You can't can't buy a duck if you don't have a paddle. 🤔
@@tommygoode9644 Rick Nash wasn't even part of that era lol but yes Canada had a lot of great players to pick from as we always do
@@mofishin2648 Pierre Turgeon played until 2007. Rick Nash was a rookie in 2004. Their careers did overlap for a short time.
@@tommygoode9644 The tail end of Turgeons career and Nashs early years, neither even in the conversation for Team Canada at that point.
Cool vid rob🙂
This was a terrific video! I enjoyed it a lot. c:
Thank you (:
Some people are much better when they compete against higher skill levels. It never makes sense but it is a thing and it's always such a delight to witness.
It makes perfect sense. Some people function best under pressure. I couldn't solder my guitar Pick Ups...but I do perfect solder joints on household Water Pipes. If I fuck up my guitar Pick Ups, I'm out a hundred bucks...if I fuck up some Water Pipes, someone could lose their home and I'd lose my license.
Yeah the kids from the farm were usually way stronger than us town kids. We also had a lot of guys from the reservations, some real tough dudes.
Fedorov and Konstantinov were also involved in the Punch-up In Piestany, with Vladdy delivering what Shanahan calls the greatest head-butt he's ever seen.
Can you do a video about Micheal Misa?
Turgeon would have been Canada's like 9th center. Wayne, Mario, sakic, Yzerman, Francis. Yzerman barely ever made those teams and he was far superior.
Yep..but you could argue playing a center on the wing would be fine. Especially back then when all the most naturally talented players were shoed into center
New hockey fan here, In trying to understand the game and this channel is helping with that.
Thank you!
I appreciate the support! It’s an awesome sport (:
This was a golden age of goaltending. Brodeur, Hasek, Roy, Balfour, Vernon, Joseph.... Everybody back then had an amazing goalie. If your goalie was good enough you had a shot at the Cup every year
The opposite of Dan Blackburn was Hall-of-Fame goalie Bill Durnan, who played with two gloves, no blocker. Go look at some old pictures. I understand he was ambidextrous and could catch with either hand and shoot both right & left. It must have helped, because he won six Vezina Trophies in a seven year career. Similar to Pat Verbeek, but in baseball, Carlos May had part of a thumb blown off by a mortar in an off-season accident while training in the National Guard, but was able to continue his career. I remember this being a big story because May was coming off a great rookie season, and played for the White Sox and I was a White Sox fan.
Line brawl? Everyone was fighting! Piestany was a proper Donnybrook.
Scary shit, Fighting in the dark with skates
Homie lost a thumb…….so this is the NHL Ronnie Lott?
Should be noted that Verbeek is also not in the hall fame and he has 500+ goals Turgeon
How is this the first time I've heard of Blackburn using two blockers?
Hockey Canada currently getting karma.
Well deserved.
Anyone else rock out to that banger at the end?
Martin Brodeur rocks.
TWO blockers? What the heck??! So bizarre!
I need an episode dedicated to the fan's hair at 9:37
In terms of his undrafted status and later NHL success, I'd really compare Marchment to Alex Burrows as the two most unlikely NHL success stories, assuming Marchment can keep it up. Burrows though has a leg up, he spent wayyy more time in the ECHL than Marchment, who was moreso an AHLer before making it in the NHL. 900+ games for Burrows and some playoff magic doesn't hurt either.
Lol had no idea about Verbeek
You’re wrong. Blackburn’s injury to the shoulder from working out in the summer. It was a typical shoulder injury. The surgeon fucked up the surgery, and that’s how he got nerve damage. He also got a huge insurance pay cheque because of it.
Very good video
i am here to talk about the Goldeye 64 background music
Wow, I guess I smoked way too many funny cigarettes in high school. I do NOTTTT remember Blackburn using 2 blockers....
I am so happy Marchment is on the stars this year
Shame you didn't mention Patrick Roy. Invented the Butterfly in modern age. 4 Stanley cups, Hall of famer etc
Let’s talk about great goaltenders of the 90’s and not mention Patrick Roy.
What makes Roy so bizarre?
Tony Esposito was using the butterfly decades earlier than Patrick
First was Glenn Hall
Bill Durnan the all-star goaltender of the Canadiens in the forties used TWO gloves ! No blocker whatsoever
I know Patrick Roy owned Vancouver…. But you completely ignoring him during the dead puck era is about petty as possible.
Wasn’t on purpose lmao
Pat Verbeek is easily one of my favourite players of all-time. Small and nasty like a honey badger... but a honey badger that can net 20+ goals.
@@jonathanduplantis1403 Yup. Only called him a 20+ goal scorer because 20s were more likely than 50.
Not bad, jussayin'.
@@UncleAnaesthesia look at his career stats....
@@jonathanduplantis1403 Yes, my friend: 522 goals he scored divided by 21 seasons Pat played works out to an average of 24.85 goals per season.
@@UncleAnaesthesia that's good boss
@@UncleAnaesthesia That's a lot goals, you have to be good with your hands to do that,obviously he's not all thumbs!
Bill Durnan used two gloves for his career starting in I think 1932 or 33 for the Bruins. I'm not sure about the year but I'm close. He was ambidextrous and was one of the best goalies of all time. He would switch his stick from glove to glove on breakaways to confuse players. I'm pretty sure that he won a Vezina in his career too. The man was incredible.
you're close, but slightly off. durnan played 7 seasons for the Canadians during the 40s, and he won 6 vezina trophies in those 7 years, and got 2 stanley cups during those years. he was ridiculously good though
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@@mattkeeler7385 what the hell are you talking about?
Now that’s why Turgeon isn’t in… I always did wonder why he wasn’t
Stories to matter, true ones more.
As a NYR fan i honestly believe Blackburn couldve developed into the next Richter/Hank/Shesty
Hasek and Brodeur couldn't carry Roy's jock strap.
Mike would miss time with a head injury…shows him no bucket☠️
Lmao
Anyone else notice the Goldeneye 007 music during the Marchment segment?
I'm an Islanders fan and I tell you this. Pierre Turgeon absolutely disserves to be in the hall of fame. Because the guy didn't fight in ONE game is the reason why he isn't a HOF'r!? Straight stupidity
Rob, has anybody told you that you look like Zach Werenski?
How about Jamie Storr. That worked out well for the Kings didn’t it. LOL! 7th overall dud.
A big reason there was less goals and “better goalies” back then was more to do with how defensive the game was back then compared to now! It’s not like goalies are worse now, they are actually better but it’ll be hard to beat old goalie achievements in todays high scoring high offence game!
the death of 2 line pass rule made defence driven play effectively dead
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Can you do Kevin todd he’s my uncle
Why is 4:32 blurred?
CZcams initially black listed this video from me showing the fight. The only way I could get it back was by adding blur :/ the video link to the fight is in the description
Whalers legend Pat Verbeek
Never underestimate the farm boys
Verbeek was from Ontario, not Alberta.
Rob back at it again with the 'dramatic' titles
POV u get scored on by someone who doesn’t have a thumb
Funny that Turgeon is in now and Mogilny still isn’t in
Jere Karalahti --->was drunk the whole nhl career
havoc??????
Dom Hasek, Brodeur,,,,, Patrick Roy with his,,, 551 wins (second best of all time.)
Most NHL playoff games played by a goaltender (247) (third-most playoff games of all players)
Most NHL playoff wins by a goaltender (151)
First NHL goaltender to play 1,000 NHL games (finished with 1,029 games, later passed by Martin Brodeur)
First NHL goaltender to win 500 games
Stanley Cup - 1986, 1993 (Montreal); 1996, 2001 (Colorado)
Conn Smythe Trophy - 1986, 1993, 2001
William M. Jennings Trophy - 1987*, 1988*, 1989*, 1992, 2002
Vezina Trophy - 1989, 1990, 1992
NHL All-Star Game - 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003
NHL first All-Star team - 1989, 1990, 1992, 2002
NHL second All-Star team - 1988, 1991
NHL All-Rookie Team - 1986
Is asking you "I am chump change to you??
With their high end trap and boring defense making these goalies look better than they were*
Why’s sutters tractor sound like supra 😭😭💀
I might’ve got my hands on some supra sound effects and accidentally used them
Instead of the tractor noises🤔
Lmfaoo
Vadim Shipachyov
Because he didn't fight wtf
Blackburn's glove issue wasn't unprecedented. Johnny Bower never used a catcher, just a standard leather glove.
That was due to the fact that goalie equipment technology was ancient
@@RobTalksHockey True, but most NHL goalies of the era had a catcher not unlike a baseball glove, no doubt where they originated. And the leg pads were originally cricket pads.
@@1bert719 The goalie glove is like a giant first baseman's glove. I wonder if that's how it was originated and then evolved from that.
I thought Dominic Hasek was such a sloppy goalie but by God was he good when he was good
I was never much of a fan of Pierre Turgeon. In fact, I thought he was kind of a little too soft. But for Hockey Canada to ban him from international competition just because he didn't get involved in that massive scrap between the Russians and Team Canada in the WJC's in '87 is just flat out stupid on their part. And if that's what's also keeping him out of the HHOF? Well, that makes it even more stupid. Like I said, not much of a fan of his. But he was a very good player, and should indeed been elected to the Hall already.
your narrative delivery is... excruciating
Y'know... I wondered sometimes why it seemed like Turgeon wasn't often considered amongst some of the best of his era. Granted I was born in 90 so I wasn't super aware of his entire career, esp not early (didn't get great TV reception in mom's womb, nor my dad's nutsack) he was always an absolute stud on some already pretty good Blues teams in my early hockey watching days.
I suppose the int'l stuff has something to do with it!
I remember trying to explain to some dumb Islander fans that the World Junior fight and Turgeon's non-participation in it was the reason he wasn't in the Hockey Hall-of-Fame, and they said it was stupid and started yelling at me like it was my fault! I had nothing to do with it. He don't belong there anyway, but that fight is one reason he's not there.
@@RRaquello Turgeon belongs in the HOF. Everyone who played in his era with similar numbers is in.
Of course the 6 point game was against the wild. Ffs
Great content, not so great commentating.
Just let go the people who don’t let him into hall of fame should be fired
It’s ridiculous, isn’t it. 34th all time in scoring and being punished for NOT doing something that’s against the literal rules.
Isn't too late?
@@Kiddingyoumust No anyone can be inducted at any time after ~3 years removed from their retirement
@@nerdhockey2994 thanks i wasn't aware. I assumed you had a window to get in.
I stopped taking the HOF seriously once I noticed Mogilny and Turgeon werent in it... Mostly Mogilny.
@@Kiddingyoumust Yeah its more like the Hall of Very Good at this point
Being mad that one of your boys sat out of a brawl is "petty"??