Thursday Quickie Quiz & Vintage Digits - Don Shula, Claude Giroux, Yogi Berra, Wayne Simmonds, Michael Carter-Williams, Jake Voracek

QUICKIE QUIZ

>>> Which future Flyers head head coach was the last active player from the six-team NHL?

(Answer Below)

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VINTAGE DIGITS

>>> NFL

Total Regular Season Victories . . .

328 . . . Don Shula as a head coach (1970-95)

267 . . . Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a franchise (1976-2019)

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>>> FLYERS

The 2013-14 Flyers were the first (and so far only) team in NHL history with seven 20-goal scorers yet no 30-goal scorers:

29 . . . Wayne Simmonds

28 . . . Claude Giroux

23 . . . Jake Voracek

22 . . . Matt Read

20 . . . Scott Hartnell

20 . . . Vincent Lecavalier

20 . . . Braydon Schenn

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>>> MLB

Yogi Berra and Moose Skowron are tied for the MLB career record for World Series Game 7 home runs with three.

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>>> SIXERS

On Feb. 3, 2015, Michael Carter-Williams played his 111^th and final game for the Sixers, whose record at that point was:

29-82 . . . When MCW Played

1-20 . . . When MCW Did Not Play

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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

>>> Which future Flyers head head coach was the last active player from the six-team NHL?

Answer:

> Wayne Cashman, whose last appearance as a player was a Boston Bruins playoff game on April 24, 1983. He would coach the first 61 games for the 1997-98 Flyers.