** Phil Esposito, Canadian hockey player

The Rangers made the Finals twice in the 1970s, but lost both times to two ' 70s powerhouses ; in six games to the Boston Bruins in, who were led by such stars as Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Johnny Bucyk, and Wayne Cashman ; and in five games to the Canadiens in, who had Bob Gainey, Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Ken Dryden, Guy Lapointe, and Serge Savard.

By, the Rangers reached the Stanley Cup Finals despite losing high-scoring center Jean Ratelle ( who had been on pace over Bruin Phil Esposito to become the first Ranger since Bryan Hextall in 1942 to lead the NHL in scoring ) to injury during the stretch drive of the regular season.

In the 1969 draft the Penguins selected Michel Briere who although being chosen 26th soon was drawing comparisons to Phil Esposito and Bobby Clarke.

Petersburg area decided to bid for a franchise: a St. Petersburg-based group fronted by future Hartford Whalers / Carolina Hurricanes owners Peter Karmanos and Jim Rutherford, and a Tampa-based group fronted by two Hall of Famers — Phil Esposito and his brother Tony.

Phil Esposito installed himself as president and general manager, while Tony became chief scout.

Most of the Lightning's early stars were gone by 1998 due to free agency and trades by Phil Esposito which backfired.

However, despite a strong supporting cast which included Bill Hay, Ken Wharram, Phil Esposito, Moose Vasko, Doug Mohns, and Pat Stapleton, the Hawks never quite put it all together.

Chicago sent young forwards Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to Boston in exchange for Pit Martin, Jack Norris and Gilles Marotte.

In Boston, Phil Esposito set numerous scoring records en route to a career as one of the NHL's all-time greats.

As he got to his feet, Phil Esposito recovered the puck and sent it towards Henderson in front of the net.

Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux each won it six times, while Phil Esposito and Jaromir Jagr each have five.

From 1963 to 2001, Marcel Dionne and Bryan Trottier were the only single-time winners of the scoring title, while Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Guy Lafleur, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jaromir Jagr had won it on multiple occasions.

One particular honor was when Howe, Phil Esposito, and Jean Ratelle were selected to the mid-season all-star game by coach Scotty Bowman, as a nod to their storied careers before they retired.

* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

* Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Phil Esposito – Boston Bruins

* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

* Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

* Hart Memorial Trophy – for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins

Pattison tried to sign Boston star Phil Esposito, offering him $ 2. 5 million over five years.

Against the Edmonton Oilers in a 1988 exhibition game, Lafleur played well enough to earn praise from the Oilers ' Mark Messier and convince Rangers manager Phil Esposito to sign Lafleur to a one year contract.

Combining skilled defense and a reputation as one of the game's best faceoff men using his innovative curved stick, Mikita led the league in scoring four times in the decade, tying Bobby Hull's single-season scoring mark in 1966 – 67 with 97 points ( a mark broken two years later by former teammate Phil Esposito and currently held by Wayne Gretzky ).

Active as a singer since her teenage years, Sherrié initially recorded as one half of the duo Colourhaus, which also featured Phil Radford.

It was designed to interoperate with PGP, the email encryption program initially designed and developed by Phil Zimmermann.

He's not very enthusiastic at first, but after initially struggling with how to approach the topic in a fresh way, Green is inspired to adopt a Jewish identity (" Phil Greenberg ") and writes about his own first-hand experiences.

Its forceful drum sound was widely copied, notably by Phil Collins, though the drum sound was initially influenced by Collins ' own work on Peter Gabriel III.

The band initially consisted of Lora on vocals, Phil Legg on guitar and vocals, William Bennett ( later of Whitehouse ) on guitar, Mark Turner on bass guitar, Rich Tea on drums and Dave Wright on saxophone.

Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans was an early 1960s vocal group produced by Phil Spector, and was initially conceived as a vehicle for the lead vocals of Bobby Sheen, who took the stage name Bob B. Soxx.

He has also released numerous solo albums ( initially featuring other members of the Legendary Pink Dots, and including contributions from Steven Stapleton ), and has worked in various side projects, including The Tear Garden ( with cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy ), and Mimir ( with Phil Knight, Christoph Heemann, Jim O ' Rourke and others ).

Phil initially rejected the idea, but eventually came around and altered the pages accordingly.

Phil and Brock, although rumoured to initially be in Mike's band, Evacuate, have gone on to create a different band, A Bande Apart, a female fronted band based out of Los Angeles.

Lucas was arrested on June 11, 1983 by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan, initially for unlawful firearm possession.

The Beatles used ADT widely in conjunction with manual double-tracking on all their subsequent albums, with the exception of Let It Be, which was initially intended to be an " honest " album utilising no technical artifice ( ADT can still be heard on the finished album, however, because Phil Spector treated a Hammond organ part with it on his mix of the title track ).

The band evolved out of an earlier group called The Excitements, initially including Phil Stephenson on bass, Neil ( Cad ) Campbell on drums, as well as Grimes on guitar & Thomas ( the bands dancer ).

In the 1960s Steward began writing and publishing his erotica under the name of Phil Andros, initially doing so with the Danish magazine Eos / Amigo.

" The presenter was initially taken to Market Harborough and District Hospital by former BTCC driver Phil Bennett before being treated at Kettering General Hospital.

The band formed in 1976 and initially consisted of Phil " Shonna " Rzonca on vocals, Dave Ryan on guitar, Daves cousin Robert Welch on bass guitar, and Phils brother Adam Rzonca on drums.

While initially dismissive he soon became interested, corresponding with Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliott amongst others.

Long Island-born multi-instrumentalist Joe Satriani had relocated to Berkeley in 1978 to pursue a career teaching music ; although he was mainly influenced by blues rock and had not specialized in heavy metal music initially, many of Satriani's students would go on to become progenital guitarists in the Bay Area metal scene, including Kirk Hammett of Metallica / Exodus, Larry LaLonde of Possessed, Alex Skolnick of Testament, Rick Hunolt of Exodus, Phil Kettner of Lääz Rockit and Geoff Tyson of T-Ride.

Drake Luft ( Shōji Oki / Phil Ross ): The main antagonist of the series, Drake is the lord who initially orders Shō ( and others ) drawn into Byston Well.

Beggars & Thieves is a band initially made up of lead vocalist Louie Merlino, guitarist Ron Mancuso, bassist Phil Soussan, and drummer Bobby Borg.

Also The Red Seas was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic but Winslade was still tied up with Goddess and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected Epic was finally wound up-the series only re-emerging when Edginton was pitching ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his 2000 AD career.

) program at a UK university to be initially registered for the degree of M. Phil., and then to transfer onto the Ph. D. upon successful completion of the first ( or sometimes the second ) year of study: this will often involve the submission of a short report or dissertation by the student, and possibly an oral examination or presentation.

Despite the fact that Sharon married Grant initially, EastEnders writer Tony Jordan has revealed in The Mitchells-The Full Story that the love-triangle storyline had been planned since Phil and Grant's introduction in 1990, after the writers came to the realisation that Sharon was perfect for them both.

Despite the fact that Sharon married Grant initially, EastEnders writer Tony Jordan has revealed in The Mitchells-The Full Story that the love-triangle storyline had been planned since Phil and Grant's introduction, after the writers came to the realisation that Sharon was perfect for them both.

K-9's eye grill was initially filmed flashing in sync with his lines, not unlike the Daleks, until Phil Collinson saw the footage and nixed the practice ( which was inconsistent with the robot dog's past appearances ).