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Mike Green Talks About His 30th Goal
by Paul on 04/02/09 at 01:11 PM ET
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Mike Green talks with the crew from the NHL Network after scoring his 30th goal last night.
added 2:37, J.P. of Japers’ Rink is disputing a 30 goal scorer from the past…
per “The Big Book of Hockey Trivia,” Phil Housley only scored 24 goals as a defenseman in 1983-84. Mike Green is the magnificent seventh NHL defenseman to score thirty goals in a season, not the eighth.
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both hockey-reference.com and hockeydb.com have housely listed as scoring 31 goals in 83-84. interesting.
Posted by BrandNewDream on 04/02/09 at 02:21 PM ET
If you follow the link to Japers Rink, Housely did score 31, but 7 of them were while he was playing as a forward.
Posted by false_cause from DC on 04/02/09 at 02:50 PM ET
You can’t use the “playing as forward” argument. As someone in the comments on the link pointed out, it opens a can of worms. For instance, what about forwards that play the point on the PP? Does that mean their goals count as goals by d-men, even though they never play as d-men or have to really defend?
And WTF is Mathieu Dandenault then, after all these years of switching?
Posted by Primis on 04/02/09 at 04:38 PM ET
I tend to agree, but it is worth noting.
The fact that he was flexible enough to play forward is itself impressive and also worth noting for it’s own appreciation.
Posted by false_cause from DC on 04/02/09 at 09:01 PM ET
I found some sick Mike Green shirts on e bay. “Green Machine on the Front and his Hershey Bears nickname “Game Over” on the back with his number on the shoulder and back. Go to mikegreenfans.webs.com or search Mike Green “Game Over” T on e bay. Playoffs are upon us Green Fans !
Posted by Jim Collins from Gaithersburg,md on 04/11/09 at 11:30 AM ET
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