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wingoilerfan · 02-12-2003, 03:29 PM

#33. "Sweet" LOU NANNE
Nanne was a wheeler-dealer and wouldn't think twice about trading all of his draft picks to get a single player. He somehow got Frank Beaton from the New York Islanders to play for his team in exchange for ... dinner at the Palm restaurant in new York.

#34. WILLIAM DWYER
This ex-Sing Sing convict once purchased the Hamilton Tigers, the first team to walk a picket line, and relocated them to New York in 1925. Dwyer was known for being a bootlegger ... but a whole team?

#35. ROGER NEILSON
Neilson is known for some of those loud ties he wears, and was one of the league's most innovative coaches. One of his innovations was using a defenseman to stop a penalty shot, rather than a goalie. He once earned the nickname "Captain Video" because he'd regularly show his players game tapes on practice days.

#36. SNOOPY
The lovable beagle of Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" fame was known to play pick-up hockey with his pal Woodstock on Woodstock's frozen bird bath.

#37. "Wild" BILL HUNTER
Hunter owned the Edmonton (Alberta) Oilers when they began in the WHA. During an Oiler road trip, he tried to fire up the team with a 20-minute pep talk, which he gave using a speaker phone. The problem was, no one showed up, and Hunter was left giving his pep talk to an empty room.

02-12-2003, 03:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
wingoilerfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 113	#33. "Sweet" LOU NANNE Nanne was a wheeler-dealer and wouldn't think twice about trading all of his draft picks to get a single player. He somehow got Frank Beaton from the New York Islanders to play for his team in exchange for ... dinner at the Palm restaurant in new York. #34. WILLIAM DWYER This ex-Sing Sing convict once purchased the Hamilton Tigers, the first team to walk a picket line, and relocated them to New York in 1925. Dwyer was known for being a bootlegger ... but a whole team? #35. ROGER NEILSON Neilson is known for some of those loud ties he wears, and was one of the league's most innovative coaches. One of his innovations was using a defenseman to stop a penalty shot, rather than a goalie. He once earned the nickname "Captain Video" because he'd regularly show his players game tapes on practice days. #36. SNOOPY The lovable beagle of Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" fame was known to play pick-up hockey with his pal Woodstock on Woodstock's frozen bird bath. #37. "Wild" BILL HUNTER Hunter owned the Edmonton (Alberta) Oilers when they began in the WHA. During an Oiler road trip, he tried to fire up the team with a 20-minute pep talk, which he gave using a speaker phone. The problem was, no one showed up, and Hunter was left giving his pep talk to an empty room. __________________ Let's go Red Wings! Long live the Oilers!