Herb Mitchell was an all-round athlete who excelled at football, baseball and hockey. He is in the record books for having been the first player ever signed to a contract by the Boston Bruins when he inked his signature with the team on November 2, 1924. He put on the Bruins jersey for 18 games in 1924-25, scoring three goals. He was back with Boston the following season playing 26 games where he scored another six goals. He continued to play hockey for another two years with the New Haven Eagles of the Can-Am league and the Windsor Hornets of the Can-Pro league. He retired following the 1927-28 season to coach the Windsor Bulldogs of the OHA senior league. He did return briefly to play in 1933-34 with the London Tecumsehs of the IHL where he had two goals and four points. None of this earned him a hockey card so here is a 1924-25 Champs Cigarettes custom.
Norm McAtee played 13 games for the Boston Bruins in 1946-47. He was a fine playmaker and checker who enjoyed a long career in the minors and senior leagues. He made his pro debut in the AHL and AHA during the 1941-42 season then spent nearly three years in military service in World War II. After the War he registered 43 points for the Indianapolis Capitals and Hershey Bears of the AHL in 1945-46. He was a regular on the Bears the next season when he was summoned by the Bruins to play 13 games. McAtee retired in 1954 after playing three years with the IHL's Troy Bruins. He went out on a high note by reaching the 20-goal mark in each of his last two years as a pro. Here is his 1951-52 Parkie Bruins custom rookie creation.
Doug Morrison was selected by the Bruins in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft in round two, 36th overall. He had just finished his third season of major junior hockey with the Lethbridge Broncos, scoring 56 goals and 123 points in 72 games. Morrison returned to the Broncos for his final year of eligibility in 1979-80 but did play in his first NHL game with the Bruins that year. In his pro rookie season in 1980-81, Morrison was unable to crack the Boston lineup, so he was relegated to duty with the team's farm club in Springfield. He was, however, called up for 18 games as an injury replacement and responded with seven goals and ten points. Morrison played just another four games with the Bruins over the next two years. In 1987-88 he moved his game to Germany where he played five years, retiring at the end of the 1991-92 season without a hockey card.
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