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how did he play 84 games in 92-93 and 93-94 seasons if he was with the same team and was not traded to a different team and traded back to detroit?
2007-08-07 09:20:01 · 8 answers · asked by shibamii 2 in Sports ➔ Hockey
The 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons were an experiment by John Ziegler to play 'neutral site' games.
Each team played 40 home games and 40 road games, followed by 2 home neutral site games and 2 road neutral site games.
The idea was to generate interest in other cities. Places like Halifax, Hamilton, Saskatoon, Columbus, etc all hosted a few games.
During the 1994-95 strike season, the first games to be axed from the schedule were the neutral site games. In 1995-96, these games were a thing of the past.
2007-08-07 09:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, all teams had an 84 game schedule, with two of each teams games being played in non-NHL cities.
I think some players played 85 or 86 games in those seasons as well.
2007-08-07 16:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Now I'm Wondering 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That just meant he played a full schedule. The league got the nhlpa to agree to have each team play 2 neutral site games (for a total of 84) as a means to promote the growth of the sport in non-NHL cities.
The strategy was abandoned in the subsequent CBA which followed the '94 lockout.
2007-08-07 19:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing how he played his entire career in Detroit, you got me there. Could be a typo on behalf of yahoo.
But this is possible though. I remember hearing a player (name, teams, and years are eluding me right now) who played over 82 games in a season. What happened was, he got traded to a team who had played a lesser number of games. He played the full season without being scratched or injured so his final number of games played was 84 or 86 or something like that.
2007-08-07 16:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was able to play 84 games in a season with the same team was because there were more games in a single season in previous years.
Those two seasons were pretty much experimental and there were 84 games played in each
2007-08-07 16:23:03 · answer #5 · answered by |Flames| |Fan| 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They had an 84 game schedule as an experiment and decided 82 was best, I'm probably the 100th person to say this, but I didn't look first lol.
2007-08-07 17:59:41 · answer #6 · answered by J R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple. Those two seasons had 84 games. That is why.
2007-08-07 16:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ummm... maybe because the team played an 84 game schedule. that was easy.
2007-08-07 16:31:37 · answer #8 · answered by b d 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋