Don Awrey spent 11 seasons in Beantown before being traded to St. Louis for the '73-74 season. OPC issued his '73-74 card in an airbrushed Blues uniform, had a request for him on a '73-74 Bruins card.
Bill Fairbairn starred for the home town Brandon Wheat Kings in junior scoring 254 points in his last two seasons. He was the property of the New York Rangers and spent two years with the CHL's Omaha Knights making the league's second all-star team in 1969 and earning a one game look with the parent club that same year. His OPC rookie card was issued as part of the '71-72 set. Here is his '69-70 CTNW rookie.
Ron Jones was a high scoring defenseman in junior played parts of 2 seasons with Boston before stops in Pittsburgh and Washington. His total NHL career spanned 54 games and OPC and Topps issued his rookie card as a Capital in the '75-76 sets. Here is his CTNW Bruins rookie card.
Ted Lindsay had spent his first 13 NHL seasons in the Detroit Flying Wheel uniform before a trade to Chicago in July '57. The trade came when Lindsay, with the help of other high-profile players, organized the NHL Players' Association. Lindsay and Jack Adams, Detroit's general manager, hadn't spoken for three years prior to 1957 even though the rugged winger was captain of the Wings. Adams traded Lindsay, at the time the league's third all-time goal scorer, to the lowly Chicago Black Hawks in a move that was more a punishment than a sound hockey move.
Parker MacDonald began his career in the Toronto Maple Leafs' chain but in 1954-55, New York plucked MacDonald from the Leafs' roster. Detroit grabbed MacDonald in the Intra-League Draft in 1960 and made him a regular. The card companies gave him a '55-56 Leafs rookie card and then forgot about him until they issued a Red Wings card in '63-64. Here is his '61-62 CTNW as a Red Wing.
Eric Nesterenko was a versatile right-winger who played 1,343 regular season and playoff games in an NHL career that lasted two decades. He spent parts of 5 seasons as a Maple Leaf before ending his career with 16 seasons as a Blackhawk and a final part season in the WHA as a Chicago Cougar. He had a lengthy run of hockey cards but none for the '60-61 issues, here is his '60-61 Chicago CTNW.
Here is his '61-62 Parkie CTNW.
Marcel Paille hit the ice for the first time with the Quebec Citadelle of the QJHL in 1949 and it would be a quarter of a century after that first game before his goal pads would finally be put aside. During that time he would spend 7 seasons with the Rangers and one in the WHA as a Philadelphia Blazer. Paille spent the rest of his career in the service of a plethora of teams that included the North Bay Trappers, Matane Red Rocks, Chicioutimi Sagueneens, Cleveland Barons, Buffalo Bisons, Springfield Indians, Baltimore Clippers, Vancouver Canucks, Denver Invaders and, in his longest and most notable stint, Providence Reds of the AHL. For all that he would get a single hockey card issued in the '64-65 Topps Tallboy set. Here is his '60-61 Topps Rangers CTNW.
Mickey Redmond attended training camp with the Montreal Canadiens in 1967 and played the next 3 seasons with the Habs getting a '68-69 rookie card in the OPC set. Had a request to create a '69-70 CTNW.
Dollard St. Laurent started out with the Jr. Canadiens of the QJHL but by '50-51 he had made it to Montreal. He spent 8 seasons as a Canadien before a 1958 trade to Chicago for his final 4 NHL seasons. Here is his '60-61 Blackhawks CTNW.
Mike Walton made his NHL debut as a Maple Leaf in '65-66 and spent parts of another 5 seasons in Toronto before a trade to Philadelphia who then flipped him to the Boston Bruins. He spent parts of 3 seasons in Boston before jumping to the WHA Minnesota Fighting Saints for the '73-74 season. Here is his '73-74 Bruins CTNW.
Ken Wharram's NHL career was spent entirely with the Chicago Black Hawks, where he was best known as the fleetest member of the potent Scooter Line with Stan Mikita and Ab McDonald. Over 11 seasons he played 766 games scoring 252 goals. Here is his '60-61 CTNW.
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