Don Weekes - Jaw Dropping Hockey Trivia

If pedigree counts for anything, Blake Geoffrion should make a big impression in the league that iced his legendary great-grandfather and its first superstar Howie Morenz, his grandfather Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion, who is often credited with inventing the slap shot, and his father Danny Geoffrion, a 20-goal scorer with three NHL seasons between Montreal and Winnipeg. That kind of hockey royalty as the leagues first fourth-generation player makes for a great story, but its his roots to the Nashville franchise that is truly special to todays game. When he joined the league in February 2011, Blake became the first NHL er from Tennessee, the home state of the Predators. Blake turned into that local boy who played for the home team in the big leagues. All the signs were there from the beginning, when his dad took him skating at just two years old. Reluctant at first to have his son in hockey, Danny Geoffrion quickly saw that the family skill ran deep in Blake. Later, Blake joined the U.S. national program in Michigan and won the Hobey Baker award as college hockeys best player. With the Predators, he wears his grandfathers famous No. 5 and has been nicknamed Boomer, a little more inheritance from the Geoffrion legacy. So Boomer, Ill take. Thats pretty cool, Blake said.