LOOOOOOOOB hockey trivia #6

[Stampman]

IN honour of Question #6-
How many NHL teams have retired #6?
Name the team(s)--if any.
Bonus points if you can name the players without doing a search...

[robinhood]

I know of 1 player. Irvine Bailey of The Toronto Maple Leafs. Don't think Montreal has retired #6 yet.

[Stampman]

Irvine "Ace" Bailey (not to be confused with Garnet "Ace Bailey") is one of the correct answers--there's at least 1 more out there.

[robinhood]

1 more? Im going to cheat now and look. C'mon Google.........Back soon to edit my post.



Ok Im Back
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_National_Hockey_League_retired_numbers

Listing by number

* 1
o Ed Giacomin - New York Rangers, March 15, 1989
o Bernie Parent - Philadelphia Flyers, 1979-10-11
o Jacques Plante - Montreal Canadiens, October 7, 1995
o Terry Sawchuk - Detroit Red Wings
* 2
o Doug Harvey - Montreal Canadiens, October 26, 1985
o Tim Horton - Buffalo Sabres
o Al MacInnis - St. Louis Blues, April 9, 2006
o Rick Ley - Hartford Whalers
o Eddie Shore - Boston Bruins
* 3
o J.C. Tremblay - Québec Nordiques
o Ken Daneyko - New Jersey Devils, March 24, 2006
o Bob Gassoff - St. Louis Blues
o Lionel Hitchman - Boston Bruins
o Al Hamilton - Edmonton Oilers
* 4
o Jean Béliveau - Montreal Canadiens, October 9, 1971
o Barry Ashbee - Philadelphia Flyers, 1975-04-03
o Bobby Orr - Boston Bruins
o Scott Stevens - New Jersey Devils, February 3, 2006
* 5
o Bill Barilko - Toronto Maple Leafs, 17 October 1992
o Aubrey Clapper - Boston Bruins, 1947
o Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion - Montreal Canadiens, March 11, 2006
o Rod Langway - Washington Capitals
o Denis Potvin - New York Islanders
* 6
o Irvine "Ace" Bailey - Toronto Maple Leafs, 17 October 1992
* 7
o Phil Esposito - Boston Bruins
o Howie Morenz - Montreal Canadiens November 2, 1937
o Rod Gilbert - New York Rangers, October 14, 1979
o Ted Lindsay - Detroit Red Wings
o Rick Martin - Buffalo Sabres
o Neal Broten - Dallas Stars
o Bill Barber - Philadelphia Flyers, 1986-03-06
o Paul Coffey - Edmonton Oilers

Im just seeing 1 by this site.

[Stampman]

That's what you get for using wikipedia...

[robinhood]

From Hockey Hall Of Fame

www.hofhockeyautographs.com/index.php?pg=hockeyretirednumbers

Detroit Red Wings
1 Terry Sawchuk
6 Larry Aurie
7 Ted Lindsay
9 Gordie Howe
10 Alex Delvecchio
12 Sid Abel

But when looking at the DETROIT RED WINGS TEAM HISTORY from letsgowings.com it states the following.... www.letsgowings.com/history/legends/aurie_larry.html

Aurie's family pressured the Red Wings to immortalize No 6 in the rafters in the 1990s. The Red Wings officially announced that they would not formally retire the jersey, only "keep the number out of circulation to respect the memory of Aurie. It was discussed and determined by the Red Wings that the jersey will not be hung up."

Im assuming the number hasnt yet been retired. Any Wing fans on board?