Most "Unbreakable" Sports Record

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Dis

http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/wilt/article8.html

wow, I didn't realize what the final score of the game was. Holy cow! You just don't see high scoring games like that now days. I guess they had no defense back then.

Whew, 169-147, holy cow indeed.

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by snoopy369
If he gets that many rebounds it tells you nobody else on the team is rebounding worth @$^@...

Well, Wilt was 7-1, and wasn't it an era when 6-8 was tall?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Dis
hockey isn't a sport

True, but neither are any of teh poll options. Biased poll, and also invalid

[Spec]

Originally posted by Ninot


I don't think any of those are really out of reach. Specially not Sawchuk. The single season shutout record, maybe.

Maybe, but 2857 career points by Gretzky is, imo, unbreakable.

Spec.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Asher
Goals by a rookie: 76 (Selanne)

Fixed.

Spec.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Ming
God... I have to agree with Asher

Ming, thats signature material

Thanks

[Ben Kenobi]

Cy Young. Won't be touched.

I don't think Brady will beat Unitas, Manning has been more consistant for a longer run of time, and hasn't come close to breaking it.

Same with DiMaggio's hit streak.

Hockey, no one is breaking 22 shut outs in a season, Gretzky's assists, goals and points record in a season, his points and assists records for his career won't be touched.

[Deity Dude]

The only IMPOSSIBLE one is Cy Young.

The 2 Chamberlain ones are nearly impossible. Rebounds probably more unlikely than points. All the other ones are varying degrees of possible.

[Straybow]

I agree that Cy Young's will never, ever, be broken unless somebody invents a youth serum enabling pitchers to play into their 50s.

I like DiMaggio so I vote for his hitting streak.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

Hockey, no one is breaking 22 shut outs in a season, Gretzky's assists, goals and points record in a season, his points and assists records for his career won't be touched.

The 22 shutouts record seems unlikely, but not impossible to me. The rest seem possible.

Unlike baseball, I think hockey is a sport that will be prone to many rule changes, in an attempt to woo more fans. Thats why I don't deem any record impossible.

[Ben Kenobi]

Most goals, one season: 92

Most assists: 1,963

Most assists, one season: 163

Most points: 2,857

Most points, one season: 215

To put it in perspective, the number 2 in points has a hundred fewer then Gretzky has assists. Gretzky has nearly 2x as many points as anyone else. It would be like someone trying to reach 6000 hits in a career, you'd have to hit 300 a year for 20 years.

[Wezil]

Unless they change the rules Ben. A previous poster already mentioned the American preference for sports with higher scoring. The NHL is an American controlled league. After the glowing blue puck fiasco anything is possible.

[Peter Triggs]

There's one hockey record that will never be beaten because it's almost unbelievable.

In 1952, playing for the Black Hawks against the Rangers, Bill Mosienko got the fastest hat trick in NHL history: three goals in 21 seconds.

[Ben Kenobi]

Unless they change the rules Ben. A previous poster already mentioned the American preference for sports with higher scoring. The NHL is an American controlled league. After the glowing blue puck fiasco anything is possible.

Gretzky's peers did very well in the overall tallies, and there are a disproportionate number on the career records lists in the years that he played. Even given the much more open era in his day, he is still twice as effective as most folks are for points and assists. That to me says it all. If the rules are changed, scoring will go up but I still don't think his record will ever be touched.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Originally posted by Wezil
Unless they change the rules Ben. A previous poster already mentioned the American preference for sports with higher scoring. The NHL is an American controlled league. After the glowing blue puck fiasco anything is possible.

What was wrong with the glowing puck? It made it much easier for my grandmother to follow the action...