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| Boohoo Sid. |
I couldn’t help but bring up yet another useless and obscure stat, which seems to be flooding sports highlights every morning (for the past month or so). Sidney Crosby, ever heard of him? On top of his Stanley Cup, and Olympic gold medal he’s now chasing a “most consecutive points” record. What this record means is: who can play the most games with at least 1 point in each of them. The other night Sid made it game 22 ...inching ever so close to the all time record, or is he?
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| A real picture from the NHL lockout |
TheScore.com told me today that “Crosby tied Dany Heatley for the longest consecutive point streak since the cancelled season. Heatley also recorded at least one point in 22 games back in 2005-06 while playing for Ottawa.” Crosby has since added another game to his streak making it 23 (against Washington) and making him sole record holder.
The cancelled season is referring to the lockout we all remember 2004-2005, a sad year of Canadian history. On average, an NHL lockout will last 10 years (1994-1996 was the other lockout). This means that anyone who wants to challenge Crosby’s [post lockout] record will have to do so in the next 6 years ...which to me makes this Crosby hype just another useless and obscure stat.
The cancelled season is referring to the lockout we all remember 2004-2005, a sad year of Canadian history. On average, an NHL lockout will last 10 years (1994-1996 was the other lockout). This means that anyone who wants to challenge Crosby’s [post lockout] record will have to do so in the next 6 years ...which to me makes this Crosby hype just another useless and obscure stat.
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It’s funny how most Canadians can easily name a few of Gretzky’s records off the top of their head. Gretzky has the most goals (894), most assists (1963), most points (2857), and ALSO has the most consecutive points (51 Games). That’s right ladies and gentleman, The Great One actually holds the all-time record at 51 games.
So over the coming weeks when you’re eating your cereal and checking out the sports highlights please remember to really listen and understand what these “records” actually stand for.
I'm really excited to see this so-called record crumble before Crosby's eyes, and hopefully it all ends at the Outdoor Winter Classic (Jan 1, 2011). What can I say I'm an Ovechkin fan ha ha ha. When all is said and done, the Great One, is in fact a great one, AND – Sid the kid, will always just be a kid.
***Gretzky also has 39, and 30 game streaks respectively.
***Gretzky also has 39, and 30 game streaks respectively.
Love it lahti, I'm sick of the Crosby hype and hate it when broadcasters give stupid or biased stats. Just wish ovi, stamkos, datsyuk ANYONE would step it up to shut up the Crosby hoopla.
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