1969-70 Eastern Division Stanley Cup Quarter Finals
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As the 1960's ended and the 1970's started to unfold in the Age of Aquarius hockey saw the zenith of the rise of The Big Bad Bruins. In both 1970 and 1972 they would claim the Stanley Cup so this post will start with a set of 1970-71 style "Playoff Cards" to mark the occasions. Then we will feature a batch of Chicago Blackhawks' customs from the same set along with a handful of assorted customs that have never been posted previously. Hope you enjoy but once again it will be a front and back posting without any bios. 1969-70 Eastern Division Stanley Cup Quarter Finals 1969-70 Western Division Stanley Cup Quarter Finals 1969-70 Eastern Division Stanley Cup Semi Finals 1969-70 Western Division Stanley Cup Semi Finals 1969-70 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Terry Caffery Bryan Campbell Denis Dejordy Gilles Marotte Ray McKay Howie Menard Paul Shmyr Gene Ubriaco Bill White Jim Wiste Chris Bordeleau Barry Boughner Garry Doak Jean Gauthier Gilles Gilbert Lucien Grenier Rick Kessell Thanks to Darryl Babineau for his continuing quest to get a card for every player on every team in every year from the 70"s !!
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Tonight we go back to the mid 1950's to showcase some 1955-56 Parkie Bruins, Rangers and Habs. As usual lately they will be just front and back shots with no bios, someday soon I hope to catch up enough to get some bios in, but ............. Bob Armstrong Gus Bodnar Murray Costello Lorne Ferguson Fern Flaman Cal Gardner Warren Godfrey Leo Labine Hal Laycoe Fleming Mackell Don McKenney Doug Mohns Bill Quackenbush Ed Sanford Paul Masnick Eddie Mazur Andy Bathgate Johnny Bower Bob Chrystal Pete Conacher Jack Evans Lou Fontinato Bill Gadsby Aldo Guidolin Camille Henry Wally Hergesheimer Vic Howe Harry Howell Ivan Irwin Edgar Laprade Danny Lewicki Jack McLeod Ron Murphy Larry Popein Dean Prentice Don Raleigh Thanks to Bob Fulton for his continuity quest to get a card for every player on every team in every year from the 50"s !!
You can purchase these cards, or any of my Missing Link creations, for $10 each postpaid, or $7.95 each for 3 or more. Email me at: [email protected], volume discounts available on larger orders. Tonight we will clean up the 1964-65 Topps Tallboys customs from Montreal and New York that haven't been posted to date. Some are actual new creations while a number are "amended" creations on which the client wanted a larger player pic as opposed to a head-shot. Hope you enjoy, no bios again, posting with the reverse to tell the story. Andre Boudrias & John Hanna Ted Harris & Wayne Hicks Jean-Guy Morrissette & Claude Provost Jim Roberts & Leon Rochefort J.C. Tremblay & Bryan Watson Lorne Worsley & John Brenneman Marc Dufour & Val Fonteyne Phil Goyette & Vic Hadfield Harry Howell & Earl Ingarfield Ron Ingram & Gord Labossiere Don Marshall & Mike McMahon Bob Nevin & Bob Plager Dave Richardson & Ken Schinkel Rod Seiling & Gilles Villemure Thanks to Gary Hirel and Serge Gauthier for their custom requests !!
You can purchase these cards, or any of my Missing Link creations, for $10 each postpaid, or $7.95 each for 3 or more. Email me at: [email protected], volume discounts available on larger orders. Attempt to catch up on some new custom creations this evening, a different grouping starting with some custom 1968-69 Shirriff hockey coins. Then we are off to the ball field with some vintage Toronto Maple Leafs baseball and we will end with some custom goaltenders. No bios with this bunch, will post reverse for the cards and all the Shirriff coins are mainstream players. Now we are off to the ballgame ....... Eddie Blake Chuck Dressen - Photo by Jeffrey W. Morey, Syracuse, N.Y. Mike Goliat Lynn Lovenguth Lew Morton Rocky Nelson Jim Pierce Tim Thompson Archie Wilson If any of my readers has other Leafs baseball photos I'd love to get them to add to this group, email me at [email protected], thanks !! To finish up we are going to a couple of old time goalies who toured the league followed by a recent netminder who didn't last quite as long. Lorne Chabot played 11 NHL seasons with stops in New York (Rangers), Toronto, Montreal (Canadiens), Chicago, Montreal (Maroons) and New York (Americans). Customer wanted his career done in custom 1933-34 Canadian Gum style cards except for the Chicago stop. Chabot had a Canadiens rookie card card issued in the original Canadien Gum set. Wilf Cude spent 10 years facing NHL shooters with Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Detroit and the Canadiens, again the customer wanted a career summary in the 1933-34 Canadien Gum style which had his rookie card, as a Canadien, in the original set. We have previously posted his Chicago and Boston versions. Richard Shulmistra had a shorter NHL career with the New Jersey Devils and the Florida Panther, 122 minutes in total with 1 game for each franchise. Shulmistra spent four years at the University of Miami of Ohio and was named to the CCHA second all-star team in 1993. He was the first pick in the 1992 Supplemental Draft by the Quebec Nordiques then spent his first two years as a pro with the AHL's Cornwall Aces. After signing with New Jersey, Shulmistra joined the AHL's Albany River Rats and was named to the league's second all-star team in 1998. He also played his first NHL game that year then signed with Florida where he picked up his only NHL win in 1999-00. Shulmistra returned to the minors and finished his career in Germany, retiring after the 2003-04 season. He never had a hockey card issued, here is his Devils custom rookie card. Thanks to William Parsons, Tony Rowe, Lenard Ryan and Dave Cool for their custom requests !!
You can purchase these cards, or any of my Missing Link creations, for $10 each postpaid, or $7.95 each for 3 or more. Email me at: [email protected], volume discounts available on larger orders. Tonight we've got baseball, football and hockey for you, a mixed bag from all over, hope my loyal followers enjoy. Gene Bearden was a left-handed knuckleball pitcher who in 1948 completed a remarkable rookie season by closing out the Cleveland Indians' last World Series championship. As a rookie he emerged as the star of the Indians' pitching staff going 20-7 with a league-leading 2.43 ERA and he completing 15 of his 29 starts with six shutouts. In the World Series he would win Game 3 and earned the save in Game 5 to clinch the series. He had a 1949 card issued, client wanted a 1948 version so here is his 1948 Leaf custom rookie card. Johnny Temple spent 13 years as a major league player starting and ending his career with the Cincinnati Reds. In between he saw action with the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Colt 45's. He returned to Cincinnati in 1964 as a player-coach and appeared in 6 games with 3 at bats so client wanted a card for his final season. Dave Butz was drafted in the first round (fifth overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, where he would play for two seasons. He then played for the Washington Redskins for 14 years and had three Super Bowl appearances. Butz was among the largest players in the NFL when he played standing 6'8" and weighing around 300 pounds. When he retired he was the oldest starting player in the NFL. He wouldn't get a rookie card until the 1980 Topps set, client wanted a 1976 Redskins custom. Louis Wright played his entire 12-year career (1975-86) in a Denver Broncos uniform. A first-round draft pick (17 overall) out of San Jose State, Wright played 166 AFL games, starting all but one. He has a hard-hitting defensive back who was one of the best tackling and run-stopping cornerbacks of his era. He earned a rookie card in the 1978 Topps set, client wanted a 1976 version. Pete Leswick played briefly with the New York Americans and Boston Bruins in the 30s and 40s. The majority of his 16 year pro career took place in the AHL and the Pacific Coast League where he was a productive goal scorer. He scored a goal in his only NHL game with the Amerks in 1936-37 but spent the rest of his rookie pro season with the AHL's New Haven Eagles. Eight years later he would complete his NHL career with a 2 game run in Boston. The same year he had 29 goals in the AHL, a number he would equal or surpass in each of the next 5 AHL seasons including a career high 44 goals in 1948-49. He would never get a hockey card. Mike McMahon enjoyed a 13-year professional hockey career with three of them seeing NHL playing time. His first taste of NHL action came during the 1943 playoffs, when he dressed for five games with the Montreal Canadiens. The following season he earned himself a regular spot on the team's roster, suiting up for 42 games, and appeared in all eight of Montreal's playoff games en route to their 1944 Stanley Cup win. McMahon spent the 1944-45 season back in the QSHL before he got to play with the Canadiens for 13 games in 1945-46. He was also loaned to the Boston Bruins for two games the same season. McMahon played another three years in the minors before retiring in 1949 as a member of the Springfield Indians. He also would go without a hockey card. Tom Johnson played 18 seasons of pro hockey including 17 with NHL appearances. He was a member of the Canadiens from 1947-49 until 1962-63 before ending his career with 2 more seasons as a Bruin. During his career he was part of 6 Stanley Cup winning teams, was voted to the 1st All-Star Team and the 2nd All-Star Team on 2 occasions and won the Norris trophy in 1959. He would appear on 13 vintage hockey cards but was left out of the 1953-54 Parkie card set. Jack Evans began his NHL career in 1948-49 playing three games with the New York Rangers and would add another 405 on Broadway over the next 9 seasons. In 1958-59 he signed with the Chicago Blackhawks where he remained for five years, winning a Stanley Cup in 1961. Evans continued to play professional hockey in the minor leagues for another nine years, retiring with the San Diego Gulls of the WHL after the 1971-72 season at the age of 44. He didn't rate a card in the 1961-62 Topps set. Fern Flaman played 17 NHL seasons from 1944 to 1961 appearing in 910 games with Boston and Toronto. After only part of a season with the Hershey Bears, he was summoned to Boston for regular NHL duty at the age of 20. He helped anchor the Bruins defense for over three seasons before he was involved in a multi-player transaction with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Following the 1953-54 season, the Maple Leafs traded Flaman back to Boston, where he went on to play the best hockey of his career. His original appearance in the 1961-62 Topps set came on an "In Action" card. Tom McCarthy was traded by Toronto to the New York Rangers in the summer of 1955 after five seasons in the OHA. He would play one WHL season before being claimed by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1956 Intra-League Draft. Over the course of the next three seasons, McCarthy would split his time between Detroit, the WHL and the AHL before being traded to the Boston Bruins during the 1960-61 season. Following 24 games as a Bruin he would spend another 12 years in the minors before retiring after the 1972-73 season. His only hockey card was issued, as a Red Wing, in the 1957-58 Topps set. Willie O'Ree had a stellar junior career seeing action in the Allan Cup, Memorial Cup and the Edinburgh Trophy series. He spent the majority of the 1956-57 and 1957-58 seasons with the Quebec Aces also playing 6 games with the AHL's Springfield Indians before he made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins later that season. O'Ree's first NHL game was historic as he became the first black person to play in the NHL before returning to the Aces in 1958-59. O'Ree rejoined the Bruins in 1960-61 where he played in 43 games, scoring his first NHL goal against the Montreal Canadiens. He spent the majority of the season with Boston but also spent some time with the EPHL's Hull-Ottawa Canadians before the Bruins traded him to the Montreal Canadiens during the off-season. He spent the next 15 seasons in the minors before retiring from the game for two years in 1976-77 and 1977-78. O'Ree returned to the ice in 1978-79 as a member of the Pacific Hockey League's San Diego Hawks before calling it a career at the end of the season. He would never get a hockey card issued. Gerry Ouellette played 34 games for the Boston Bruins in 1960-61 but the rest of his 17 year career took place in the minors and the senior leagues. He enjoyed a solid first year in the pros by scoring 35 goals for the Kingston Frontenacs of the EPHL. He scored nine points in 35 games for Boston before rejoining Kingston the next year. Ouelette joined the Minneapolis Bruins of the CHL in 1963 and scored 139 points over two seasons. He later played five years with the AHL's Buffalo Bisons and starred for the CHL's Omaha Knights in 1970-71. In 1971 Ouelette joined the Campbellton Tigers of the North Shore New Brunswick senior league where he went against the norm by coaching for three years then playing for two before retiring in 1976. He also would never get a hockey card issued. Tod Sloan began his junior career in the OHA with the St. Michaels Majors in 1944 where he helped lead the team to the Memorial Cup in his first two seasons. The 1945-46 season saw him lead the league in goals, assists, and points, and he moved up to the AHL the next year with the Pittsburgh Hornets. Sloan played one game for the Leafs in 1947-48 returning to Pittsburgh for the rest of the year. The next season he appeared in 29 games in Toronto but again spent most of it with the Hornets. Then in 1950-51, his rookie year, Sloan played in his first All-Star Game and saw his first Stanley Cup win. In 1957 the Leafs traded him to the Blackhawks and after three seasons with the Hawks, he won his second Stanley Cup in 1961. He then left the NHL to play in the OHA for one year and represent Canada at the IIHF World and European Championships before he retired in 1962. He would not be part of the 1961-62 Topps set. Bob Plager picked up 29 games with the Rangers during the mid-sixties between frequent trips to the minors. It was when the NHL doubled in size in 1967 that his career took off after he was acquired by the fledgling St. Louis Blues. Over the eleven seasons that followed, he terrorized his opponents with hard hits and quick fists, appearing in 615 games. Plager retired from on-ice action in 1978 to move into the ranks of the Blues management. He had his rookie card issued in the 1968-69 Topps set, client wanted a Tallboy for his 1964-65 initial appearance in New York. Dick Sarrazin played parts of three seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers in the 60s and 70s. He was a decent goal scorer who also toiled in the minors and the WHA. He was a Detroit Red Wings prospect in junior but was sent to the Flyers for cash and played his first two pro seasons in the EHL and AHL. In his rookie season, 1968-69, Sarrazin scored 16 goals while teaming with Andre Lacroix and Jean-Guy Gendron. After his initial success, Sarrazin became a part time player and farmhand in Philly. He eventually moved to the WHA and skated with the New England Whalers and Chicago Cougars then returned to the AHL where he accumulated 67 goals in three years before retiring in 1976. Done of his stops earned him a hockey card. Connie Madigan was in his 18th season of minor pro hockey when he got his NHL debut in 1973 at the age of 38, the oldest rookie ever to play in the NHL, with St. Louis. He played in 20 NHL games during 1972-73, providing solid if unspectacular defense, but by September 1973, Connie Madigan was sold to Portland of the Western Hockey League. He played parts of two more seasons in Oregon before retiring after the 1974-75 year. He would never get a hockey card issued. Gord Laxton made a few appearances for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the late 70s but enjoyed most of his pro success in the AHL and IHL. He was selected 13th overall by the Penguins in 1975 and over his first four pro seasons he was recalled to the NHL for 17 regular season appearances, his last in 1978-79. Laxton retired in 1983 after playing another 4 seasons in the AHL and IHL without a hockey card. John Paul Kelly played exactly 400 regular season games for the Los Angeles Kings between 1979 and 1986. He was chosen 50th overall by the Kings at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft and played 40 games as a rookie in 1979-80. He split the 1980-81 season between the NHL and the minors before taking hold of an NHL spot for good. Kelly was a solid workhorse for five years on the Kings and remained with the club through the 1985-86 season before retiring. He would not get a hockey card issued until the 2006-07 Parkhurst set. Tapio Levo played briefly with the Colorado Rockies and New Jersey Devils in the early 80s but was better known as a domestic and international player in his native Finland. Levo made his first international appearance for Finland at the 1975 World Championships. He later played on five Finnish teams at the World Championships as well as the Canada Cup in 1976 and 1981. His NHL career materialized after he signed with the Colorado Rockies in July, 1981 and scored 22 points in 34 games as an NHL rookie. In the off-season his rights were transferred to the New Jersey Devils and in 1982-83 he scored 47 points for the club. He returned to Finland the next season and played six more years before retiring in 1989. He would not get a hockey card issued. Milan Novy played 12 seasons of pro hockey in Czechoslovakia before heading to North America. Six times he was named the team's most productive player, and three times he won the Golden Stick Award for being the best player in the league. He won the Czech national title five times and in 1976 and 1977 he won world championships. Before the 1981-82 season he left for the NHL where he joined the Washington Capitals. He appeared in 73 games scoring 18 goals and 48 points but a year later he was playing for the Swiss team SC Zurich and then he spent one season with EV Vienna in Austria. At the age of 35 he returned to Kladno for another 3 years retiring after the 1988-89 season. One again he would not get a hockey card issued. Kari Takko was a solid back up goaltender during six NHL seasons spent mostly with the Minnesota North Stars. He played for Finland at the European Junior Championships in 1979, the 1981 and 1982 World Junior Championships, the 1983 and 1985 World Junior Championships, and the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics. The talented netminder was chosen 97th overall by the Minnesota North Stars at the 1984 Entry Draft. Then in 1985 he came to North America and played 43 games for the AHL's Springfield Indians and started one game in Minnesota. After 7 years with the North Stars he was dealt to the Oilers part way thru the 1990-91 season and appeared in his last 11 NHL games. Takko returned to Assat Pori in 1991-92 and remained there for six years. He made two appearances for his country at the 1996 World Cup then played a season in Sweden with HV-71 Jonkoping before retiring. He would earn a North Stars rookie card in the 1990-91 Upper Deck set, here is his 1986-87 custom rookie. Alex Goligoski was the second round, 61st overall selection of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2004 NHL Draft and is also a graduate of the Golden Gophers program. He spent three seasons at the University of Minnesota where he twice recorded a 39-point season and was named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year in 2006-07. His NHL career has consisted on 62 goals in 657 games to date with Pittsburgh, Dallas and Arizona. Client wanted a Golden Gophers card created. Thomas Vanek was born in Austria and was the first round, 5th overall, selection of the Buffalo Sabres in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He is still going strong as an NHL player with 337 goals in 897 games and still counting. However, before his NHL debut he spent 2 seasons as a star with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. In his two seasons he garnered numerous awards and lead the Golden Gophers to the NCAA Frozen Four title in 2003. In his two seasons of collegiate hockey, Vanek registered 113 points (57-56-113). Client wanted a custom card for this part of his career. Severin Blindenbacher was a 9th round pick, 273rd overall, by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Unsigned by the Coyotes, Severin remained at home in Switzerland with the Kloten Flyers for the first five years of his pro career before joining the Zurich Lions. On July 1, 2010 Blindenbacher signed as a free agent to a one-year entry level contract with the Dallas Stars. Played 26 games with the AHL Texas Stars in 2010-11 and saw action in pre-season games with Dallas. Returned home after the season to rejoin Zurich where he still plays. Client wanted a custom Dallas card.
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AuthorI am a lifelong Maple Leaf fan, now retired, who started creating custom cards for myself of Toronto players who never had a card issued in the Maple Leaf uniform. From posting some of these on eBay it has become the proverbial "snowball down hill" !!! Archives
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