Bobby Clarke was selected 17th by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the 1969 Amateur draft and appeared in 76 games in his rookie season of '69-70. His rookie card was issued as part of the '70-71 OPC set, my client wanted a '69-70 style card created.
Doug Harvey began the 1967-68 season, his 21st as a pro, with the Kansas City Blues of the Central Hockey League before rejoining the NHL with expansion St. Louis for the playoffs. He aided the squad's drive to the Stanley Cup finals, where they were swept by his old team from Montreal. The following year he played all 70 regular-season games with the Blues before retiring for good.
Pierre Pilote spent his first 13 NHL seasons as a Blackhawk. After the Hawks captured the Stanley Cup in the spring of 1961, Pilote was made captain in October 1961 on a team that also featured Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita. He was named to the First or Second All-Star Team every year from 1960 to 1967 and played in eight consecutive All-Star games during that time. He won the Norris Trophy for three successive years, 1963 to 1965, and finished as one of Chicago's leading scorers from the blue line. In 1968 the Hawks traded their aging hero to Toronto for Jim Pappin, but Pilote played just one season with the Leafs before retiring.
Rick MacLeish spent the majority of his junior career with the OHA's Peterborough Petes. The Boston Bruins took him fourth overall in 1970 after notching 101 points and earning a place on the OHA first all-star team. After starting his pro career with the CHL's Oklahoma City Blazers, the young pivot was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in February, 1971. He was promptly given a chance to get his feet wet in the NHL and looked fairly solid in 26 games during the '70-71 season. His rookie card was issued as part of the '71-72 OPC set, my client wanted a '70-71 style card created.
Brendan Bell was a third round, 65th overall selection of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and made a 1 game NHL debut in 2005-06. After another 31 games in 2006-07 he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes where he saw 16 games before being released. That was followed by a 53 game free agent stop in Ottawa during 2008-09. His next NHL action was a 1 game stop in New York in 2011-12. His 2006-07 rookie cards were issued as a Maple Leaf.
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