User:Resolute/Bragging

A personal list of accomplishments on Wikipedia. Yes, this is shameless ego boosting.

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• Calgary Flames

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•  Theoren Fleury

•  Terry Fox

•  Grey Cup

•  Halifax Explosion

•  Paul Henderson

•  History of the Montreal Canadiens

•  History of the National Hockey League (1917–1942)

•  History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967)

•  History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992)

•  Jarome Iginla

•  Lanny McDonald

•  Maurice Richard

•  Tiny Thompson

Good articles
• 1976 Canada Cup

•  1981 Canada Cup

•  1985–86 Calgary Flames season

•  1988 Winter Olympics

•  1988–89 Calgary Flames season

•  2008–09 Calgary Flames season

•  2009–10 Calgary Flames season

•  2010–11 Calgary Flames season

•  2011 Heritage Classic

•  Ace Bailey Benefit Game

•  George Armstrong (ice hockey)

•  Atlanta Flames

•  Dan Bain

•  Bobby Bauer

•  Steve Bégin

•  Doug Bentley

•  Max Bentley

•  René Bourque

•  Jay Bouwmeester

•  Valeri Bure

•  Caesar (cocktail)

•  Calgary Cannons

•  Calgary Flames

•  Calgary Hitmen

•  Calgary Tigers

•  Michael Cammalleri

•  Roy Conacher

•  Craig Conroy

•  Bill Cook

•  Bun Cook

•  John Cullen

•  Scotty Davidson

•  Red Dutton

•  Drew Doughty

•  Theoren Fleury

•  Terry Fox

•  Frank Slide

•  Martin Gélinas

•  Ryan Getzlaf

•  Mark Giordano

•  Curtis Glencross

•  Halifax Explosion

•  Paul Henderson

•  History of the National Hockey League (1917–1942)

•  History of the National Hockey League (1942–1967)

•  History of the National Hockey League (1967–1992)

•  History of the National Hockey League (1992–present)

•  The Hockey Sweater

•  Brett Hull

•  Jarome Iginla

•  "In Flanders Fields"

•  Busher Jackson

•  Angela James

•  Ching Johnson

•  Miikka Kiprusoff

•  Daymond Langkow

•  Al MacInnis

•  Bill Masterton

•  Steamer Maxwell

•  Brad McCrimmon

•  Lanny McDonald

•  Bill Mosienko

•  Joe Mullen

•  Scott Niedermayer

•  Joe Nieuwendyk

•  Eric Nystrom

•  Adam Oates

•  Joel Otto

•  Adam Pardy

•  Pengrowth Saddledome

•  Dion Phaneuf

•  Punch-up in Piestany

•  Marcel Pronovost

•  Robyn Regehr

•  Paul Reinhart

•  Maurice Richard

•  Gary Roberts (ice hockey)

•  Gordon Roberts (ice hockey)

•  Sweeney Schriner

•  Teemu Selänne

•  Babe Siebert

•  Martin St. Louis

•  Jack Stewart (ice hockey)

•  Gary Suter

•  Alex Tanguay

•  John Tavares (ice hockey)

•  Mike Vernon (ice hockey)

•  Wildrose Party

Did you know?

 * ... that in the Calgary Flames' 1988–89 season, they became the only visiting team to defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup in the Montreal Forum?
 * ... that in 1924, the Calgary Tigers became the first ice hockey team from Calgary to compete for the Stanley Cup?
 * ... that Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships following the Punch-up in Piestany, costing Canada a potential gold medal?
 * ... that future ice hockey stars Brett Hull and Dominik Hašek participated in the Calgary Cup, a preview event for the 1988 Winter Olympics?
 * ... that Darryl Brinkley, the first Northern League baseball player to bat .400, lost his chance to play in the majors due to the September 11, 2001 attacks?
 * ... that Mario Lemieux became the only rookie in National Hockey League all-star history to win game MVP honours at the 1985 All-Star Game?
 * ... that after failed attempts for 1964, 1968 and 1972, the Calgary Olympic Development Association successfully brought the Winter Olympics to Calgary, Canada in 1988?
 * ... that using the memory of his late sister as motivation, Tyler Sloan made his National Hockey League debut on October 21, 2008 after seven years in the minor leagues?
 * ... that former Calgary Flames trainer Bearcat Murray was famously on the ice tending to fallen goaltender Mike Vernon as the Flames scored a goal in the 1989 Stanley Cup Playoffs?
 * ... that Brett Sutter became the eighth member of the Sutter family to play in the National Hockey League when he made his debut for the Calgary Flames on December 23, 2008?
 * ... that in 1995–96, fans of the NHL's Florida Panthers celebrated goals by throwing plastic rats on the ice as their team reached its first Stanley Cup final?
 * ... that the 1988–89 Swift Current Broncos was the first Western Hockey League team to win the Ed Chynoweth Cup (pictured) without losing a playoff game?
 * ... that revenue from trading cards was one of the key issues, and among the last to be resolved, during the 1992 NHL players' strike, the first such labor stoppage in National Hockey League history?
 * ... that a boycott of Molson beer led to the successful merger of the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association in 1979?
 * ... that the prize fund for chuckwagon racing at the Calgary Stampede has grown from 275 at its inception in 1923 to 1.15 million in 2009?
 * ... that in 1999, Robyn Regehr made his National Hockey League debut with the Calgary Flames less than four months after breaking both legs in a car accident that doctors feared would end his career?
 * ... that Calgary Flames forward Eric Nystrom once performed an on-ice striptease while in the minor leagues as a charity stunt?
 * ... that after turning down an invitation to play with the Americans, Brandon Kozun scored the shootout winning goal for Canada to defeat the United States during round robin play at the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships?
 * ... that at the 2010 Olympics, 20-year-old Drew Doughty will become the youngest ice hockey player since Eric Lindros in 1991 to represent Canada in a major best-on-best tournament?
 * ... that Swiss defenceman Tim Ramholt played just 45 seconds in his National Hockey League career?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Famer Dan Bain, also a champion figure skater, trapshooter, gymnast, roller skater and cyclist, was named Canada's top athlete of the last half of the 19th century?
 * ... that Calgary Flames' defenceman Adam Pardy grew up in Bonavista, Newfoundland, a town of about 3,800 people?
 * ... that future National Hockey League player Tom Martin was traded by his junior team in exchange for a bus?
 * ... that along with top rated Taylor Hall,  Vladimir Tarasenko,  Brett Connolly and Kirill Kabanov  are among the highest ranked prospects for the 2010  National Hockey League Entry Draft?
 * ... that René Boileau was given the pseudonym Rainy Drinkwater and promoted as being the first Native American in the National Hockey League by the New York Americans despite having no native blood?
 * ... that the Portland Winterhawks were the first US team to compete for Canada's national junior hockey championship at the 1982 Memorial Cup, and the first to win it the following year?
 * ... that the Quebec Remparts won the 1971 Memorial Cup, Canada's junior hockey championship, after a playoffs marred by fan violence and threats against players by the Front de libération du Québec?
 * ... that Taylor Hall became the first ice hockey player to win the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy after leading the 2010 Memorial Cup in scoring?
 * ... that Cam Fowler, a top prospect for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft, played on the J. Ross Robertson Cup, Memorial Cup and World Junior Ice Hockey Championship winning teams in 2010?
 * ... that Brandon Gormley, Mikael Granlund, Derek Forbort and Ryan Johansen are projected to be among the top selections at the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft on June 25–26?
 * ... that Harry Oliver, Barney Stanley and Rusty Crawford, members of the Calgary Tigers in the 1920s, all went on to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Famer Bill Mosienko is most famous for scoring three goals in a span of 21 seconds in a 1952 game, a feat that remains a National Hockey League record?
 * ... that Herb Gardiner, nicknamed "the ironman of hockey", won the Hart Trophy as most valuable player after being said to have played every minute of every game for the Montreal Canadiens in 1926–27?
 * ... that Alberta's Big-4 hockey league collapsed in 1921 following repeated accusations its teams were using ineligible players?
 * ... that Shorty Green led the first players' strike in National Hockey League history as the Hamilton Tigers' players refused to participate in the 1925 playoffs unless they received C$200 bonuses?
 * ... that according to legend, Hockey Hall of Famer Duke Keats once scored a goal after carrying the puck the length of the ice while skating backwards?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Famer Babe Siebert drowned in Lake Huron before he could take up a new role as coach of the Montreal Canadiens in 1939?
 * ... that Bryan Hextall of the New York Rangers scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 1940, their last championship for 54 years?
 * ... that emergency surgery was required to save Trent McCleary life after he was hit in the throat by a slapshot during a National Hockey League game?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Phat Wilson was a member of three Allan Cup winning teams in the 1920s as Canada's senior champions?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Fame forward Sweeney Schriner was the first Russian-born player in National Hockey League history?
 * ... that after John Cullen National Hockey League career was ended due to cancer, he operated a car dealership until Chrysler closed him down?
 * ... that Calgary's new mayor Naheed Nenshi used social media extensively in his surprise win in the 2010 municipal election, which made him the first Muslim mayor of a major Canadian city?
 * ... that the first All-Star Game in National Hockey League history was played in 1934 to benefit Toronto's Ace Bailey, who was nearly killed by a violent on-ice hit earlier in the season?
 * ... that outdoor hockey games played in football, soccer and baseball stadiums have resulted in numerous attendance records, including a world record of 113,411 at an American college game?
 * ... that the National Hockey League and its players' association founded the Hockey Fights Cancer charity in 1998 after former player John Cullen attempted to come back from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma?
 * ... that future Hall of Famer Scotty Davidson was the first professional hockey player to volunteer with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of World War I?
 * ... that a memorial all-star game was held in 1937 to raise money for the family of Howie Morenz, who was said to have died of a broken heart in the belief a broken leg had ended his hockey career?
 * ... that upon making his National Hockey League debut, Blake Geoffrion became the first fourth-generation player after his father Dan, grandfather Bernie, and great-grandfather Howie Morenz?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Famer Moose Johnson was one of the first professional players to compete for the Stanley Cup in 1906, and a member of the first American team to compete for it in 1916?
 * ... that the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire caused the evacuation of all 7,000 of Slave Lake's residents?
 * ... that The Ride to Conquer Cancer raised more money than any other cycling fundraiser in Canadian history?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman "Black Jack" Stewart quipped that his stick was not for scoring, but for "breaking arms"?
 * ... that Reg, Doug and Max Bentley made history on January 1, 1943, when they became the National Hockey League's first all-brother forward line?
 * ... that the Lionel Conacher Award for Canada's male athlete of the year was awarded to Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky a record six times?
 * ... that wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc became the first disabled recipient of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's female athlete of the year after she won five Paralympic gold medals in 2008?
 * ... that Max Bell went from making $35 per week at a Calgary newspaper during the Great Depression to owning Canada's largest newspaper syndicate in 1965?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Famer Mickey MacKay was the highest-scoring player in the history of the Pacific Coast and Western Canada Hockey Leagues?
 * ... that Miikka Kiprusoff became the 27th goaltender in National Hockey League history to win 300 games, reaching the milestone on February 8, 2012?
 * ... that future National Hockey League player Paul Reinhart agent Alan Eagleson threatened to take his junior league to court after a rule change would have forced him onto a different team?
 * ... that former National Hockey League player Joel Otto credited Battle of Alberta rival Mark Messier as being the reason he made the Calgary Flames?
 * ... that former National Hockey League player Brad McCrimmon moved to Russia to further his coaching career, but died in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster en route to his first game?
 * ... that future Hockey Hall of Famer Bill Cook scored the first goal in New York Rangers history in 1926?
 * ... that future Hockey Hall of Famer Billy McGimsie achieved his dream of winning the Stanley Cup with the Kenora Thistles in 1907, then suffered a career-ending injury in his next game?
 * ... that future Hockey Hall of Famer Steamer Maxwell disdain for professional sport caused him to quit playing in 1915 after learning fellow players were getting paid?
 * ... that Minnesota Wild prospect Mathew Dumba captained Canada's Under-18 hockey team to a gold medal at the 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament?
 * ... that U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer Gary Suter won a silver medal at the 2002 Olympic Games, 22 years after his brother Bob won gold?
 * ... that a charity hockey game held to benefit former player Bill Heindl, Jr. in 1980 was the only occasion that hockey legends Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky played in the same game?
 * ... that National Hockey League goaltender Sam LoPresti murdered a dolphin to save 28 men?
 * ... that Fredrik Pettersson (pictured) won a gold medal at the 2013 IIHF World Championship, where he scored seven points in nine games?
 * ...that three-time World Champion Robert Reichel scored the lone shootout goal to eliminate Canada at the 1998 Olympics and help the Czech Republic win its first gold medal in ice hockey?
 * ... that National Hockey League player Jamie Macoun overcame serious injuries suffered in a car accident then went on to win two Stanley Cup championships?
 * ... that National Hockey League player Reg Sinclair quit the sport in 1953 after only three seasons to take a job with Pepsi that paid less than a quarter of what he would have made in the NHL?
 * ... that when Roy Conacher was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998, he joined his brothers Lionel and Charlie as the only trio of siblings so honoured?
 * ... that Hockey Hall of Famer Bun Cook won 636 games and seven Calder Cups as a coach, both American Hockey League records?
 * ... that the 53-year span between Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Pronovost first Stanley Cup championship, as a player in 1950, and eighth, as a scout in 2003, is a record?
 * ... that George Armstrong scored the last goal in the Original Six era of the National Hockey League, as the Toronto Maple Leafs won the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals?

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