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Hayley Wickenheiser Retires. HOF Next?
Jan 14, 2017
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While women have been entering the Hockey Hall of Fame, we haven’t yet elected to rank them. Maybe we will one day (we don’t rank coaches or executives), but we did make an exception for Don Cherry. If we were to ever make an exception for a female player, that person would be Hayley Wickenheiser, who quietly required today following a post on Twitter.
Wickenheiser would first suit up for the Canadian Women’s Team in 1994 at the tender age of 15. That first appearance was the 1994 World Women’s Hockey Championship, where Team Canada would win the Championship. This would begin a more than twenty year stint with the National Team.
She would become very familiar with the podium. Six more times at the World Championship, she would become a Gold Medalist and would also win six Silver Medals. While those are worthy accomplishments, the reality of Women’s Hockey is that the Holy Grail is the Winter Olympics.
In 2002 at the Salt Lake City Games, Hayley would lead Canada to an Olympic Gold Medal. This was especially sweet, as the Canadians would lose to the United States in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, the first time that Women’s Hockey entered the Games they lost to the U.S. Wickenheiser would lead the Canadians to three more Olympic Gold Medals in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
Over her 276 Game career representing Canada, Hayley Wickenheiser scored 379 Points, the most of any player representing Canada. She is also the all-time leading scorer in Women’s Olympic Hockey.
She would also break barriers by becoming the first female to play in the Finnish Third League, the Finnish Second League and in the Swedish League. We think it is safe to say that she will soon be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Hayley Wickenheiser the best on her post hockey endeavors and thank her for the on ice memories.
Wickenheiser would first suit up for the Canadian Women’s Team in 1994 at the tender age of 15. That first appearance was the 1994 World Women’s Hockey Championship, where Team Canada would win the Championship. This would begin a more than twenty year stint with the National Team.
She would become very familiar with the podium. Six more times at the World Championship, she would become a Gold Medalist and would also win six Silver Medals. While those are worthy accomplishments, the reality of Women’s Hockey is that the Holy Grail is the Winter Olympics.
In 2002 at the Salt Lake City Games, Hayley would lead Canada to an Olympic Gold Medal. This was especially sweet, as the Canadians would lose to the United States in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, the first time that Women’s Hockey entered the Games they lost to the U.S. Wickenheiser would lead the Canadians to three more Olympic Gold Medals in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
Over her 276 Game career representing Canada, Hayley Wickenheiser scored 379 Points, the most of any player representing Canada. She is also the all-time leading scorer in Women’s Olympic Hockey.
She would also break barriers by becoming the first female to play in the Finnish Third League, the Finnish Second League and in the Swedish League. We think it is safe to say that she will soon be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Hayley Wickenheiser the best on her post hockey endeavors and thank her for the on ice memories.
Penny Hardaway to enter the Orlando Magic HOF
Jan 13, 2017
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As we (slowly) continue our way to the Top 50 of each franchise, the next step will be to look at how each team celebrates their former players/executives.
As such it is news to us that the Orlando Magic has announced that former star, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway will become the fifth member of their organization’s Hall of Fame.
In 1993, Hardaway was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by Golden State but was subsequently traded to Orlando with other first round picks for the rights to #1 overall pick Chris Webber. Joining Shaquille O’Neal, Hardaway took the Magic to 50 wins, and finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting behind Webber.
The next two seasons were arguably the best of Penny’s career and that of the Orlando Magic. Hardaway and O’Neal anchored the Magic to their first ever NBA Finals and the team would have 57 and 60 Wins respectively. Penny was an All Star in both of those seasons and was named a First Team All-NBA Selection and averaged over 20 Points and 7 Assists per Game.
While Hardaway would be named an All Star for the next two seasons, the fortunes of the Orlando Magic had changed. Shaq would sign a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers and Penny had to carry the offensive load. He still had a 20 Point per Game season in 1996-97 and earned Third Team All NBA honors but a severe knee injury took him out of most of the 1997-98 campaign.
He would return for one more season (his sixth) but he was no longer the same player and he would be traded to the Phoenix Suns prior to the 1999-2000 season.
Overall, as a member of the Orlando Magic, Penny Hardaway played 365 Games averaging 19.0 Points, 6.3 Assists, 4.6 Rebounds and 1.9 Steals per Game.
Hardaway joins Co-Founder Pat Williams, Nick Anderson (the first player drafted by the team and current Community Ambassador), Shaquille O’Neal and Senior Chairman, Rich DeVos.
The ceremony will take place on January 20, on their home game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway for earning this honor.
As such it is news to us that the Orlando Magic has announced that former star, Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway will become the fifth member of their organization’s Hall of Fame.
In 1993, Hardaway was drafted with the 3rd overall pick by Golden State but was subsequently traded to Orlando with other first round picks for the rights to #1 overall pick Chris Webber. Joining Shaquille O’Neal, Hardaway took the Magic to 50 wins, and finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting behind Webber.
The next two seasons were arguably the best of Penny’s career and that of the Orlando Magic. Hardaway and O’Neal anchored the Magic to their first ever NBA Finals and the team would have 57 and 60 Wins respectively. Penny was an All Star in both of those seasons and was named a First Team All-NBA Selection and averaged over 20 Points and 7 Assists per Game.
While Hardaway would be named an All Star for the next two seasons, the fortunes of the Orlando Magic had changed. Shaq would sign a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers and Penny had to carry the offensive load. He still had a 20 Point per Game season in 1996-97 and earned Third Team All NBA honors but a severe knee injury took him out of most of the 1997-98 campaign.
He would return for one more season (his sixth) but he was no longer the same player and he would be traded to the Phoenix Suns prior to the 1999-2000 season.
Overall, as a member of the Orlando Magic, Penny Hardaway played 365 Games averaging 19.0 Points, 6.3 Assists, 4.6 Rebounds and 1.9 Steals per Game.
Hardaway joins Co-Founder Pat Williams, Nick Anderson (the first player drafted by the team and current Community Ambassador), Shaquille O’Neal and Senior Chairman, Rich DeVos.
The ceremony will take place on January 20, on their home game against the Milwaukee Bucks.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway for earning this honor.
The Top 50 Florida Panthers are now up!
Jan 13, 2017
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Our process is slowly continuing as we have another Top 50 to present in our look at the best players for every major sports team.
The random process continues as we now look at one of the newer teams in the National Hockey League, The Florida Panthers.
While the Panthers do not have that many trips to the playoffs, they did reach the Stanley Cup Finals in their infancy, a surprise trip in 1996, their third year of existence. As of this writing, they haven’t been back since, but some good players have suited up in Miami.
As this is a young team, the Top 50 Florida Panthers are likely to have significant fluctuation in the upcoming years but for now, you can find the complete list here.
We will however state here that Goaltender, Roberto Luongo has been named by Notinhalloffame.com as the greatest Florida Panther to date.
The remaining top five are 2. Robert Svehla, 3. Olli Jokinen, 4. John Vanbiesbrouck, 5. Pavel Bure.
You know what we want you to do!
Take a look and let us know what you think!
In three weeks, our next Top 50 team will be coming to Notinhalloffame.com
Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.
This list is up to the end of the 2015-16 Season.
The random process continues as we now look at one of the newer teams in the National Hockey League, The Florida Panthers.
While the Panthers do not have that many trips to the playoffs, they did reach the Stanley Cup Finals in their infancy, a surprise trip in 1996, their third year of existence. As of this writing, they haven’t been back since, but some good players have suited up in Miami.
As this is a young team, the Top 50 Florida Panthers are likely to have significant fluctuation in the upcoming years but for now, you can find the complete list here.
We will however state here that Goaltender, Roberto Luongo has been named by Notinhalloffame.com as the greatest Florida Panther to date.
The remaining top five are 2. Robert Svehla, 3. Olli Jokinen, 4. John Vanbiesbrouck, 5. Pavel Bure.
You know what we want you to do!
Take a look and let us know what you think!
In three weeks, our next Top 50 team will be coming to Notinhalloffame.com
Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.
This list is up to the end of the 2015-16 Season.
Gaylord Perry supports Bonds, slams Rose
Jan 12, 2017
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It has felt that for years that existing Baseball Hall of Famers have been constantly stating that PED users have no place in Cooperstown. As such, it took us by surprise when Hall of Fame Pitcher, Gaylord Perry said today that he thought Barry Bonds deserves to be inducted.
It took place in a conference call from Diamond Resorts, and while it was not exactly a glowing endorsement, it was considering that it came from a Hall of Famer over the age of 60:
“I think he’ll get in eventually. If you have a player like that, pretty soon, you put him in.’’
While this is not exactly a ringing endorsement, compared to his Hall of Fame peers it really is!
Perry may have had a somewhat lackadaisical endorsement of Barry Bonds, he had an adamant stance against Pete Rose:
“Pete did the worst thing possible, worse than steroids,…he put money on games, win or lose. He’s paying the price.”
Quite the different stance regarding Rose isn’t it?
Gaylord Perry was not the only Baseball Hall of Fame inductee who was on this conference call. John Smoltz was also on this call and he had a softer stance in regards to Bonds:
“I’m trying to figure out what is actual, and what isn’t, To me, the one thing forgotten in this thing is the mission statement. Character is a big part of it. You have to not only have the numbers, but the character that matches it
If you have first-hand knowledge that a player used, or has publicly acknowledged it, I think it’s an easy decision. When it is circumstance and evidence, and you don’t know, and just follow the rumor mill, that’s difficult for the writer to be judge and jury.”
This is not exactly an endorsement for Bonds, but it is not a condemnation either.
As it stands now, Bonds and his “PED brethren” are on the outside looking in, but from revealed ballots it looks like he and his ilk are inching closer to the 75% needed to get in. As some writers have put it, the fact Bud Selig has been chosen by the Today’s Game Committee, it is harder to omit the players who juiced up under his watch.
The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce their Class of 2017 on the 17th of January.
This could be the most interesting vote yet!