The 1934-35 Canadiens acquired Joe Lamb in a trade with Boston for Johnny Gagnon on October 2, 1934 only to trade him back to Boston for cash on December 4, 1934. He played in seven games in Montreal recording 3 goals and 2 assists. He was a decent scorer with a hard-nosed edge to his game that earned him respect throughout the league.
Born in Sussex, New Brunswick, Lamb played three years of senior with the local Dairy Kings club before heading to Montreal to play for several clubs at the same level. In January 1928 he was signed as a free agent by the Montreal Maroons then scored 13 points in 21 games. After playing most of the next season in Montreal, he proceeded to go on a grand tour of the NHL by suiting up for the New York Americans, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Eagles, and Detroit Red Wings.
He had five different hockey cards issued but none to record his stop for a coffee in Montreal !! Here is my 1935-36 OPC Missing Link to commemorate that time.
The following season Collings played for the New Haven Eagles the left the game in 1936. After a year away, "Dodger" Collings returned for a final season, suiting up with the Tulsa Oilers before retiring for good in 1938. He never had a hockey card produced so here is my 1935-36 OPC Missing Link creation.
On February 13, 1336 Miller was part of a deal in which he, Toe Blake and Ken Grivel were traded by the Maroons to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for goaltender Lorne Chabot. Miller finished out the final 17 games of the year with the Habs, scoring a goal and two assists, and also dressed for 48 games with them in 1936-37. That would be his final hockey appearance.
Miller never had a hockey card produced so here is my 1936-37 OPC Missing Link creation.
Mention the name Gordie Drillon and hockey fans would probably see a Maple Leaf uniform. He had a short but spectacular career in the National Hockey League playing mainly with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a first team all-star in 1938 and 1939, a second team all-star in 1942, and NHL scoring leader and Lady Byng Trophy winner in 1938. He played in the 1939 Babe Siebert Memorial Game and won a Stanley Cup with Toronto in 1941-42 when the Leafs made their legendary comeback against Detroit.
However, the Leafs had had enough of Drillon's one-way style and sold him to Montreal prior to the 1942-43 season for $30,000. After one season with Montreal in which he scored at a point-per-game pace Drillon, at age 29, joined the war effort. He had played his last game in the NHL. Gord Drillon was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975.
Here is my 1951-52 Parkie Missing Link creation for Montreal fans.
As a member of the Canadiens in 1942-43, Charlie Phillips played in 17 games in what would be his only NHL playing time. He would spend another 9 seasons in the minors before calling it a career following the 1951-52 season. He would never have a hockey card produced, any very few photos !!, but here is my 1951-52 Parkie Missing Link creation.
In 1942, Lee signed on with the senior Montreal Royals and was summoned by the Habs as an injury replacement failing to get his name on the scoresheet. He then spent some time with the Montreal RCAF during World War II before serving for two years. Lee settled in Britain after the War and was a top scorer in the British League. Before retiring in 1954, the slick pivot topped the 100-point mark three times during eight seasons with the Brighton Tigers.
Here is my 1951-52 Parkie Missing Link to honor his NHL appearance.
In 1940-41, he scored a personal high 18 goals for the Eagles.Mailley was in the midst of a second strong season with the Washington Lions when he was summoned to the Canadiens for one game as an injury fill-in. Beginning in 1943-44 he spent two years in military service during World War II. He returned to play six games for the senior Quebec Aces in 1945-46 before retiring.
Here is my 1951-52 Parkie Missing Link to honor his NHL appearance.
His time in the NHL was short-lived as the Canadiens traded White to the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League in January 1946. He finished the season in Buffalo, playied for the Houston Huskies the following year and in 1947 was back playing Senior hockey in Quebec. By 1948-49 he returned to the Glace May Miners and, led the circuit in assists with 44 in 57 games. Following the completion of his second campaign in Glace Bay, White hung up his blades.
He would never have a hockey card produced, but here is my 1951-52 Parkie Missing Link creation.
Born in Ontario, sources differ as to the exact location, Thibeault played senior hockey withe the Cornwall Flyers and Hull Volants before spending his first full pro season with the AHL's Springfield Indians in 1939-40. The stocky 5'7" forward also played in the QHL before seeing action in four games with Detroit in 1944-45. The next year he played one contest with the Habs before returning to the minors.
Thibeault retired in 1956 after several years as a minor pro and senior player. His best year was a 21-goal performance with the QPHL's Victoriaville Tigers in 1946-47. Thibeault also coached senior hockey with the Buckingham Beavers and Thurso Lumber Kings.
He also never had a hockey card produced, but here is my 1951-52 Parkie Missing Link creation. (For all you Red Wing fans I will also create a Detroit rookie card version.)
Roche's four games with the Habs where to be his only NHL games, as once the 1951-52 season began, he had joined the AHL's Buffalo Bisons before finishing his season with the Pacific Coast Hockey League's Victoria Cougars. He spent another nine seasons in the minors before ending his career in 1960-61 with the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League's Windsor Maple Leafs.
His four game stop did not earn him a hockey card so here is my 1951-52 Parkie Missing Link.
Defenceman Stanley Long's name doesn't describe describe his NHL career!! Although he was a fine offensive player in the minors his big league career consisted of three Stanley Cup playoff games for the Montreal Canadiens in 1952.
Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Long played junior hockey with the OHA's Barrie Flyers. The Montreal prospect then spent a year with the PCHL's Victoria Cougars and the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL. The young rearguard was summoned to play in the 1952 playoffs and helped the Habs reach the finals where they lost to the Detroit Red Wings. After his brief exposure to the NHL, Long returned to the minors for two seasons before hanging up his skates in 1954.
His three game stop did not earn him a hockey card so here is my 1952-53 Parkie Missing Link card.
That would be his total career in Montreal as he was traded to Detroit in June 1958. LaForge spent another 14 years in hockey in the NHL, AHL and WHL before retiring in 1973 after playing three years in the WHL with the Denver Spurs.
Here is my version of his 1958-59 Habs Missing Link rookie card.
It wasn't until the Oakland Seals claimed him in the Expansion Draft in 1967 that he made it to the NHL, and after one season he was traded to Montreal, played two games with the Habs, and was out of the NHL for good. Caron made his way to the Nordiques in the WHA in 1972 for a three-year stint, but by 1975 he was down in the North American Hockey League playing for the Beauce Jaros. There, at age 38, he scored a league-high 78 goals in 73 games, but in1978 he suffered a heart attack and had to retire.
His only mainstream hockey card was in the 1972-73 OPC set as a member of the WHA Quebec Nordiques. Here is my 1969-70 Montreal Missing Links card.
His mainstream rookie card was issued as a King in the 1971-72 OPC set, here is my 1970-71 Montreal Missing Link version.
He joined the Oklahoma City Stars Central Hockey League in 1980-81 in what was to be his last season of professional hockey. In his only career NHL game, Moe Robinson was held pointless and would also be held card-less !! here is my version of his 1980-81 Missing Link rookie card.
Orleski did not have a hockey card issued so here is his 1981-82 Missing Link rookie.
After three years in the minors, Campedelli retired without any NHL scoring stats and without any hockey cards released. Here is my version of his 1986-87 Missing Link rookie.