S55 PT #3 - Franchise GOAT
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Dextaria
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Looking at the Toronto North Stars' Hall of Fame, there are currently only 2 players in there. The first is Kristian Eriksson who played from S21 to S44. In the regular season, Eriksson had 489 goals and 523 assists for 1012 points in 1208 games played, all for the Toronto North Stars. Eriksson was also able to win the Challenge Cup in S35 alongside 3 trophies throughout his career: S31 Ron Mexico, S35 Anton Razov, and S39 Jay McDonald. He also was named 1st team All-Star 4 times and 3rd team All-Star 2 times.
The other Toronto North Stars in their Hall of Fame is Chris York who played from S35 to S49. York had 303 goals and 384 assists for 687 points in 750 games played, again all for the Toronto North Stars. York was able to win a Challenge Cup during his rookie season with the North Stars and in addition to that he got himself a lot of hardware. In S39 and S40 he won the Sergei Karpotsov Trophy and the Jeff Dar Trophy, and in S40 and S42 he won the Jay McDonald Trophy. He also was named 1st team All-Star 3 times, 3rd team All-Star once, and was on the All-Rookie team. It is a tough choice choosing between the 2 as Eriksson was a North Star for longer while York has more hardware. Who knows, maybe if York continued to play he would have collected a lot more awards. However, personally I believe a Franchise GOAT is determined not only by their awards, but their dedication to the team and fans. Therefore I believe that Toronto's franchise GOAT is Kristian Eriksson for his outstanding 1200 games with the team. |
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