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Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion

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Hockey Player

The Resume

    (February 14, 1931-March 11, 2006)
    Won six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens
    393 career goals and 429 assists in 883 games (1950–1964, 1966–1968)
    1951-52 Calder Trophy winner
    1954-55 Art Ross Trophy winner
    1960-61 Hart Trophy winner
    Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972
    Died of stomach cancer in Atlanta at age 75

Why he might be annoying:

    He was never a minor league player, jumping directly from the juniors to the Canadiens in 1957.
    A life-threatening training injury led to a perforated intestine in 1958.
    He ignored medical warnings to sit out the remainder of the season.
    He died mere hours before his jersey number (5) was retired.

Why he might not be annoying:

    A Montreal sportswriter christened him ‘Boom Boom' from the effect of his slapshot.
    A Chicago Black Hawks goalie referred to his shot as a ‘cannonball.'
    When his gear was tossed outside the locker room after a practice session with the 1945 junior team by the assistant coach, he was not discouraged.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 111 Votes: 52.25% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 58 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 52.48% Annoying