kurri Stories - The Copper & Blue
May 18, 1990: Jari Kurri turns 30 in style
On his 30th birthday, the Flying Finn - who just might wing it for Europe when these playoffs end - burned a permanent place in the memory, guaranteed a berth in the Hockey Hall of Fame, a spot for his uniform in the Northlands Coliseum rafters alongside No. 99 and No. 11 and maybe one or two...
Kurri or Selanne: who is the greatest Finn ever?
It went right down to the wire with perhaps his final season soon drawing to a close, but Teemu Selanne hit a series of important career milestones in recent days. First the Finnish Flash joined a select club, becoming the 18th NHLer, and second Finn, to score 600 regular season goals in the NHL. A...
Anniversaries II: Saddledome
This didn't really fit thematically with the Gretzky/Messier post, but today, October 15, also marks the 25th anniversary of the Olympic Saddledome in our sister city of Calgary. Three years after blowing into Alberta on the hot winds of success up in Edmonton, the Flames were finally emerging from...
Anniversaries III: The Man in Black
Not all memorable occasions are happy ones. They tend to run the gamut of emotions, something reflected admirably in our iconic national sport. Some occasions can run that gamut all on their own. Such was the case twenty years ago yesterday when The Great One made his first appearance...
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