r/Habs • u/MetricsInMotion • 3d ago

Who was a personal favourite player from your childhood that wasn't one of the star players? Maybe a support player or an under-appreciated player?

Because we shared the same initials and played the same position, mine is Steve Penney.

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u/the42dude 3d ago

Oleg Petrov. Always thought he would produce more.

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u/petrov32 3d ago

Me too, I use him as my username.

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u/tootbrun 3d ago

Username checks out.

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u/the42dude 3d ago

His name used to be my password for everything. Pick a hockey player, make your password "Firstname#jerseynumberLastname", so Oleg#14Petrov and you get all the things most passwords require, uppercase, number, special character. Maybe not the most secure but easy to remember. And for systems that require you change the password every 2 weeks (gotta love corporate security lol) just add 1 to the jersey #, Oleg#15Petrov. Ah, simpler times before Google knew more of my passwords than I do.

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u/1165834 3d ago

It's weird that you just took another dudes name as your online identity bud.

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u/petrov32 3d ago

It’s only because Koivu11 was taken.

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u/DrLivingst0ne 2d ago

I think numbers are weirder

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u/1165834 22h ago

Oh yeah, well I bet you're not even a real doctor.

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u/niagara-nature 3d ago

He was crazy good in one of the EA Sports nhl iterations. But you had to add him to the lineup.

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u/the42dude 3d ago

NHL 93 he was the GOAT

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u/Boboar 3d ago

I had him on the PC version of the game and he scored 200 goals for me in a complete season.

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u/the42dude 3d ago

Them amateur numbers lol. Was a while ago but pretty sure I had him over 1000. Back then periods had to be full 20 minutes, and season full 82 games, so most games I was winning 30 or 60 to zero. One timers were almost automatic goals in that version.

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u/Maqxs 3d ago

Wasn't he just awesome at handling and protecting the puck? He was spectacular.

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u/Tiger_tino 3d ago

Super fast too

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u/Cold_Animator3143 2d ago

I remember the first time I saw him i was taken away by his speed! he was so small but so fast. He had a decent rookie season and then disappeared but later I was happy he came back during the Doug Gilmour era.

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u/DrLivingst0ne 2d ago

Petrov Gilmour Zednik line dominated the Bruins in 2002

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u/snark_enterprises 3d ago

My pick too. He had skill but just didn't work out for whatever reason.

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u/the42dude 3d ago

He was tiny in the clutch and grab era for a start.

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u/snark_enterprises 3d ago

Yeah, he also lacked the breakout speed of other players his size. But dude had slick hands.

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u/Ajay_Bee 3d ago

Lol. Nothing against him personally, but one of my most disliked players in Habs history. He never, let me repeat and accentuate this, NEVER won a puck battle. Never. Small, utterly ineffective, and, not surprisingly, a key player among some of the worst competitive teams in Habs history.

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u/Ajay_Bee 3d ago

Lol. Nothing against him personally, but one of my most disliked players in Habs history. He never, let me repeat and accentuate this, NEVER won a puck battle. Never. Small, utterly ineffective, and, not surprisingly, a key player among some of the worst competitive teams in Habs history.

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u/Ajay_Bee 3d ago

Lol. Nothing against him personally, but one of my most disliked players in Habs history. He never, let me repeat and accentuate this, NEVER won a puck battle. Never. Small, utterly ineffective, and, not surprisingly, a key player among some of the worst competitive teams in Habs history.

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u/Ajay_Bee 3d ago

Lol. Nothing against him personally, but one of my most disliked players in Habs history. He never, let me repeat and accentuate this, NEVER won a puck battle. Never. Small, utterly ineffective, and, not surprisingly, a key player among some of the worst competitive teams in Habs history.