Fantasy Hockey pick: The Rookie Crop

List of Calder Trophy winner include back-to-back Bruins (Bobby Orr 1967, Derek Sanderson 1968) and back-to-back Rangers (Gump Worsley in 1953, Camille Henry 1954).

It has also been a distance of three consecutive Maple Leafs (Gaye Stewart, Gus Bodnar, Frank McCool, 1943-45).

Now, we were able to watch back-to-back Sabres and back-to-back Tyler 's.

Tyler Myers put up a rookie of the year for Buffalo season 2009-10, only the tenth defenseman to win the Calder since 1937.

This year's favorite can either be a Sabre, 20-year-old left winger Tyler Ennis.

He'll have plenty of competition, of course, Potential Challengers take even a Tyler, in Boston.

Ennis leads the way in our conservative projection of this year's Fantasy Hockey Rookies.

(Photo: Rick Stewart/Getty Images).

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Olympic Hockey Photo Gallery

From the days of outdoor game, the British upset in 1936, the final victory of the Soviet dynasty, Miracle on Ice, the first women's champs, all the way up to the Crosbys dramatic gold medal targets, here are some classic images of the Olympic ice hockey.

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Photo: The goalkeeper from Japan meets a lot of rubber in 1936.(Hulton archive/Getty Images.)

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More Hockey mysteries available

What is so original about the original six?

Who was the last of the bare-faced goalies?

And there was a time when NHL skating rinks were plastered with Bank logos, fast food ads and deodorant signs?

We continue our look at some of the mysteries of hockey history. ...

See also: more Hockey FAQ and history.

Photo: Montreal's Doug Harvey delivers a major hit back in the 1950s, when the Rink boards was (more or less) white (pictorial Parade/Getty Images).

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