-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Quote Vic Hadfield will be the 10th player to have his number retired by the New York Rangers. Hadfield's No. 11 will be raised to the rafters in an on-ice ceremony before a game against the Winnipeg Jets on Dec. 2, the Rangers announced on Tuesday. Hadfield played parts of 13 seasons with the Rangers from 1961-62 to 1973-74, ranking fifth in franchise history in career goals (262), 10th in assists (310), and ninth in points (572). He was a two-time All-Star and the first Ranger to score 50 goals in a season, accomplishing the feat in 1971-72. https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1598231 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 so messier 1 does not get retired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 9 minutes ago, Squamfan said: so messier 1 does not get retired? Messier's #11 was retired in 2006. https://www.nhl.com/rangers/team/mark-messier-retired-number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 The GAG line (Hadfield, Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert) was consistently one of the best lines in the NHL from the mid 60's to early 70's. Hadfield was the physical presence on that line that meshed very well with the high end skills of Ratelle and Gilbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 You can retire the same number twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, Where's Wellwood said: You can retire the same number twice? The Habs have done it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Where's Wellwood said: You can retire the same number twice? The Habs have retired three numbers for multiple players: 5: Bernie Geoffrion and Guy Lapointe 12: Dickie Moore and Yvan Cournoyer 16: Henri Richard and Elmer Lach The Leafs also have retired 6 (yes, six) numbers for multiple players. Won't list them, but you can find them all here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs#Retired_numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRick Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 So Messier tried to screw over another player that had number 11 first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 28 minutes ago, Where's Wellwood said: You can retire the same number twice? I think it's much rarer now because of the vast selection of numbers available and the fact that players are hesitant to take a number of a former great. Back then, players were kind of limited with their numbers, so two great players could have used the same number before it was retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 1 hour ago, c00kies said: I think it's much rarer now because of the vast selection of numbers available and the fact that players are hesitant to take a number of a former great. Back then, players were kind of limited with their numbers, so two great players could have used the same number before it was retired. How were they limited with numbers? Were there restrictions before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, Where's Wellwood said: How were they limited with numbers? Were there restrictions before? Teams used to be far more cagey about allowing players to wear high jersey numbers as they stood out more. Hell, Lou Lamoriello is still cagey about it for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N7Nucks Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 21 minutes ago, Brad Marchand said: Teams used to be far more cagey about allowing players to wear high jersey numbers as they stood out more. Hell, Lou Lamoriello is still cagey about it for some reason. Wasn't the rumor Vancouver was like that during the Gillis era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucksfollower1983 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 numbers.... there's got to be at least a thousand of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erkayloomeh Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 So it took them over 40 years to figure out they were going to retire his number. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 10 hours ago, Brad Marchand said: The Habs have retired three numbers for multiple players: 5: Bernie Geoffrion and Guy Lapointe 12: Dickie Moore and Yvan Cournoyer 16: Henri Richard and Elmer Lach The Leafs also have retired 6 (yes, six) numbers for multiple players. Won't list them, but you can find them all here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs#Retired_numbers Thought the Leafs had "honoured" the players numbers but didn't officially "retire" certain player's numbers if it had already been retired or had plans to retire it for someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasting Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 On 9/4/2018 at 6:43 PM, erkayloomeh said: So it took them over 40 years to figure out they were going to retire his number. ??? Yeah its crazy hey? Last year they just retired Ratelle's number and he is one of the al time greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Can the Canucks go back and retire Pat Quinn's number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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