Raymond Robert Emery (1982–2018) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 11 seasons. Chosen 99th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, he helped them reach the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, the first appearance in the finals by the modern Senators. With Emery, the Chicago Blackhawks won the 2013 Stanley Cup championship. He won, among numerous other awards and accolades, the William M. Jennings Trophy in April 2013 along with teammate Corey Crawford for giving up the fewest goals in the season. Emery finished the 2012–13 season with 1.94 goals against average and a 0.922 save percentage. His 17 wins included 12 straight to start the year, the best such streak in NHL history. He was a two-time Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy finalist for his dedication and perseverance. His teammates and fans often referred to him as "Razor" or "Sugar Ray" for his aggressive playing style..

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1807:

Peninsular War: Maria I of Portugal, the Braganza royal family and its court of nearly 15,000 people departed Lisbon for the colony of Brazil just days before French forces invaded the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_of_the_Portuguese_court_to_Brazil

1890:

The National Diet of Japan (pictured in session), a bicameral legislature modelled after both the German Reichstag and the British Westminster system, first met in Tokyo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet

1963:

Five minutes after taking off from Montreal, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashed in bad weather, killing all 118 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines_Flight_831

2007:

During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a conference room in The Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Peninsula_siege

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

endow: 1. (transitive, archaic or obsolete) To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”). 2. (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits. 3. (transitive) Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality. 4. (transitive) Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endow

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.   --C. S. Lewis https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis