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> I was interested in the favorite (popular) number
>discussion so I did some searching and think that the number 20 is
>the most popular number, three teams don't have the number on an
>active player, Ottawa, Montreal, and Chicago are lacking 20's. I also
>found 6,7, and 8 to be popular but they don't show up on the original six
>teams as I reckon they have been retired numbers. Anyone know if the
>teams above have retired the number 20? and is any one number worn on
>evey NHL team?
I'd need a team roster for every team to figure out if any number is
used on all teams, but I did a little research on your 6,7, and 8
numbers. I also could not find a single instance of 20 being retired,
perhaps why it's popular now :-)
Retired 6-8 from the original six: Detroit and Toronto each retired 6
(Tor= Irwin "Ace" Bailey, 1927-34; Det= Larry Aurie, 1927-39); Number
7 was retired by Montreal and Boston (Mon=Howie Morenz, 1923-37; Bos=
Phil Esposito, 1967-75).
I know that Buffalo has only retired number 11 officially, but no one
wears number two, out of respect for Tim Horton.
I dug through my 1991-92 copy of the Guide and Record Book, and have
eliminated the following numbers from being available on EVERY team,
due to retirement:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,15,16,19,21,24,30,35.
Any numbers retired since it went to print should be included, but are
unknown by me.
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