“The rats were coming down and hitting my helmet - boom, boom, boom,” Roy recalled in the ESPN video. Some of them hit Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy. After losing the first two games to the Avalanche in Colorado, the Panthers took a 2-1 lead in Game 3 at Miami Arena when Rob Niedermayer scored at 11:19 of the first period and hundreds of plastic rats hit the ice. In the end, the plastic rats hurt the Panthers in the 1996 Stanley Cup final. Mellanby’s most productive season during his 21 years in the NHL was 1995-96 when he had 32-38-70 totals in 79 games to go along with 160 penalty minutes. Skrudland became the Panthers’ first captain and Mellanby scored the first goal in franchise history - a 4-4 tie with the Blackhawks in Chicago. Skrudland (from the Calgary Flames) and Mellanby (from the Edmonton Oilers) were both claimed by the Panthers in the 1993 NHL expansion draft. Killed it right under the tape rack and the trainers put an RIP on it and Scott went out and scored two goals and they called it a rat trick. Scotty had his stick on the ground that time and that rat went right onto the stick and Scotty one-timed it across the room. “Listen, there wasn’t just one rat and they weren’t plastic rats,” Skrudland recalled. Skrudland said rats were a common sight in the Panthers’ locker room at Miami Arena. “You got to be remembered for something and I guess this is my place in history,” Mellanby said. We really rallied around the dead rat.”ĮSPN recently did a terrific video on the Year of the Rat and interviewed Mellanby, who went on to become an assistant general manager with the Canadiens for seven years under Marc Bergevin. It was a bit of a rallying cry back then. So I was sure glad to see that some of the fans remember the rats. It’s stuff that the Montreal Canadiens have been built off for over 100 years now - all those stories. “I think it’s great,” Brian Skrudland, who won the Stanley Cup as a rookie with the Canadiens in 1986 and was captain of the Panthers during their first run to the Cup final 10 years later, said about the return of the rats in a phone interview last week. But the rats have returned this season with the Panthers trailing the best-of-seven final 2-0 heading into Game 3 Thursday at the FLA Live Arena (8 p.m., CBC, SN, TVA Sports). Article contentĪfter the Panthers were swept by the Avalanche in the 1996 Cup final, the NHL outlawed throwing rats on the ice. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.Hull was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008, and into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2010, the team unveiled a statue of him in front of the arena. The team also arranged to have a portion of the street that runs alongside the Scottrade Center renamed "Brett Hull Way". In honor of his achievements with the team, the Blues retired his jersey number 16 in 2006. He also holds the organization's single-season records of goals (86) and points (131). Louis Blues franchise records, including goals (527), power play goals (195), game-winning goals (70) and hat tricks (27). He scored 33 hat tricks in his career, the fourth highest in NHL history. With 24 career game-winning playoff goals, he is tied with Gretzky for the most all-time. He is also second all-time in power play goals with 265 and third in game-winning goals with 110. As of 2012, his 741 career goals is the fourth highest total in NHL history, and Hull was the third-fastest (behind Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin) to reach 700 goals, doing so in 1,157 games. Hull played in eight NHL All-Star Games, and was named the most valuable player of the 1992 game in Philadelphia. So, how much is Brett Hull worth at the age of 58 years old? Brett Hull’s income source is mostly from being a successful. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. According to our Database, He has no children. ![]() We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. He is a member of famous with the age 58 years old group. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 9 August. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old? Popular As Discover Brett Hull's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
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