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Five Outstanding NHL Head Coaches

• Scotty Bowman:

• Al Arbour

• James Dickinson “Dick” Irvin

• Hector “Toe” Blake

• Glen Sather

When were the fastest three goals in NHL history scored?

In 1951–52 the Chicago Black Hawks were bottom feeders in the NHL. The club had the worst record in the league, and scores of empty seats in Chicago Stadium attested to the contempt even their own fans held them in. Long before March 1952 it was pretty obvious the Hawks weren’t going to make the playoffs, but on March 23 something magical happened, one of the greatest feats ever accomplished by an NHL player. On that day the

Hawks and the New York Rangers played their last game of the regular season (both were out of the playoffs) at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. By the end of the second period, in what was a pointless match attended by fewer than 4,000 fans, the Rangers had a commanding 6–2 lead over the hapless Hawks. In the third period, though, at 6:09, Chicago right winger Bill Mosienko scored. A few seconds later he put a second puck into the net behind Rangers goalie Lorne Anderson. Then, at the 6:30 mark, Mosienko scored a third time. The Chicago sniper had scored a hat trick in 21 seconds, a record that has stood for more than a half-century. Only the Montreal Canadiens’ Jean Béliveau, who scored three power-play goals in 44 seconds in 1955, has come close to breaking this record. As for that seemingly nothing game in March 1952, the Hawks eventually won it 7–6.