Doug Baldwin won an Allan Cup while serving in the Canadian Navy during the Second World War, but had his NHL aspirations set back by poor timing. Baldwin's Quebec Aces won the Allan Cup in 1944, with the wiry defender scoring a point a game to lead the way. Following the war he was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs but spent only 15 games with the team before an emergency appendectomy forced him out of the lineup. He played the rest of the year in the AHL with the Pittsburgh Hornets. Baldwin had short stints with Chicago (five games) and Detroit (four games) in the NHL over the next two years before beginning a successful minor-league career that lasted until 1959. He was twice a USHL all-star and later became player-coach of Toledo Mercurys in the IHL.
Alfred Carr was known as "Red" throughout his playing career which spanned seventeen seasons. Carr, a tough, physical left winger spent eight seasons playing Senior hockey before he made his way to the National Hockey League in 1943. "Red" joined the Toronto Maple Leafs that year for a five game trial and registered one assist and one minor penalty in that time. Though that would prove to be his only time in the National Hockey League, Carr still had a lot of hockey left in him. Carr landed in the Pacific Coast Hockey League in 1945 and posted numbers that dwarfed his previous career-best when he scored 43 goals and 92 points. He continued to show a deft scoring touch in the playoffs that spring for the Portland Eagles when he added seven more goals and a league-leading 10 points in 8 playoff matches. After three years in the PCHL, he moved on to the International Hockey League. That season, the 1948-49 campaign, which was spent with the Milwaukee Clarks was Carr's last as a professional. He elected to return to Senior hockey to finish his career and spent his final three campaigns with the Nanaimo Clippers, an Ontario Senior club.
Jack McLean had been an outstanding athlete while attending high school in Toronto, and he was playing junior hockey at the age of fourteen. In 1942-43, McLean joined the depleted roster of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Because he was attending the University of Toronto at the time, where he eventually earned his engineering degree, he was prohibited from crossing the border into the United States. As a result, his three-year career was comprised almost exclusively of home games and trips to play the Montreal Canadiens. On March 23, 1943, McLean experienced his finest moment. He scored the winning goal at the 10:18 mark of the fourth overtime period to defeat the Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs. McLean played three seasons with the Leafs, winning the Stanley Cup in his final year of 1944-45.
Michael Hutchinson was drafted in the third round, 77th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. As part of the Bruins organization, Hutchinson would bounce around between the AHL and ECHL for three seasons. He did make an appearance with the Bruins as a backup goalie during the 2012 season, but failed to get into any action. On July 19, 2013 he signed a one year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and they rewarded Hutchinson by having him make his NHL debut on April 7, 2014 in a 1-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild. Hutchinson would get his first career win three days later when he helped beat his former team, the Boston Bruins, 2-1 in a shootout. After the NHL season, he was returned to the IceCaps where he would help lead the team to their first appearance in the Calder Cup Final. Hutchinson would compete against Ondrej Pavelec for the starting job with the Winnipeg Jets during the 2014-15 season. He would remain with the club the full year and his 21-10-5 record would help the Jets make the playoffs for the first time since the team moved to Winnipeg. After five seasons in the Jets organization Hutchinson would become an unrestricted free agent. He signed a one-year deal with the Florida Panthers. He began the 2018-19 season with the Springfield Thunderbirds of the AHL and would also see action in four games for the Panthers before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 29, 2018.
Frank Beaton has appeared previously for his WHA time, had a request to create an NHL card for him. Went with one from the New York Rangers who signed him on July 28, 1978. His time on Broadway lasted just 25 games over two years before he was part of numerous trades with other NHL teams that resulted in no further NHL play. Calgary, the Islanders, and Minnesota all acquired his rights but Beaton played minor pro until retiring in 1983.
The Clarence Campbell Trophy was first presented in 1968 by the NHL to the Philadelphia Flyers in recognition of the services of Clarence S. Campbell, President of the NHL from 1946 to 1977. The trophy itself is a hallmark piece made of sterling silver and was crafted by a British Silversmith in 1878.
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