Carl Brewer
Ryan Anderson's hockey career seems to have ended after his 2018-19 NCHC season. However he does have NHL pedigree as his Dad Earl played 3 NHL seasons with Detroit and Boston.
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Today's post will feature a 1961 Topps baseball style hockey set I created for a client followed by the first part of a UND Varsity hockey set I created for another. A lot of the 1961 set use pictures from the1958-67 Star Weekly magazine that featured an NHL player photo in every weekend edition. Carl Brewer Neil Colville Dave Dryden Bryan Hextall Leo Labine Ed Litzenberger Harry Lumley Stan Mikita Gus Mortson Al Rollins Vic Stasiuk Jim Thomson Jerry Toppazzini There may be bigger supporters of their home state but Bob Mooney is tops, as far as I know, for North Dakota !! Here is A-F section of a 1966 Topps Baseball style UND Varsity set created for him. Ryan Anderson's hockey career seems to have ended after his 2018-19 NCHC season. However he does have NHL pedigree as his Dad Earl played 3 NHL seasons with Detroit and Boston. Jim Archibald was a 7th round pick, 139th overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1981 NHL draft and made his pro, and NHL, debut in his senior year playing 8 AHL games and 4 with the Stars. Had a goal, 2 assists and11 PIM with Stars but spent majority of his 3 remaining pro seasons in the minors. Had 16 NHL appearances, all with Minnesota, but only added to his PIM total after his debut year. Gage Ausmus was a 5th round pick, 151st overall, by the San Jose Sharks in the 2013 NHL draft. Spent his 3 pro seasons in the ECHL playing 136 games with 5 goals, 34 assists and 86 PIM before retiring after the 2018-19 season. Ed Belfour went undrafted out of UND but signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks and made his way to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011. Jason Blake also went undrafted out of UND but signed with the Kings, playing his first NHL game and scoring his first NHL goal in his senior year. He spent the next 14 years in the NHL, overcoming Chronic Myeloid Leukemia along the way, to score 213 goals and 486 points while making stops in L.A., Long Island, Tooronto and Anaheim before retiring after the 2011-12 NHL season. Brock Boeser was a 1st round choice, 23rd overall, by Vancouver in 2015 after scoring 35 goals in USHL as an 18 year old. Joined them after 2 seasons at UND and hasn't disappointed, scoring 29 goals as a rookie and 26 the next season. Brad Bombardir was a 3rd round pick, 56th overall, by New Jersey in 1990 but spent 3 seasons in minors before making his NHL debut with them in 1997-98. Spent 7 seasons in NHL notching 8 goals, 54 points and 127 PIM. Retired after the 2003-04 year and is currently the Minnesota Wild's Director of Player Development. Dan Brennan spent 4 seasons at UND and was an 8th round pick, 195th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1981 NHL draft. Made his NHL debut with them in his senior year at UND appearing in 2 games without recording any stats. Spent most of his next 2 pro seasons in AHL but did play another 6 games with Kings and registered 1 assist & 9 PIM. He retired after the 1985-86 season and later, 1989-90, served as assistant coach of the WHL Victoria Cougars. Drake Caggiula was another undrafted product of UND who signed with the Edmonton Oilers for 2016-17 and is still active today with the Arizona Coyotes. In his third year with the Oilers he was traded to Chicago where he stayed until the end of 2019-20 season, an injury plagued year, before being released. Signed as a free agent with the Coyotes on Dec. 1, 2020 and has 1 goal and 7 points on the season. Jim Cahoon's UND career was good enough to make him a 3rd round pick, 31st overall by the Canadiens in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. Spent his entire 5 year pro career in AHL with Nova Scotia Voyageurs, never earning a call to Montreal despite a 29 goal and 66 point season in 1974-75 and helping them to a Calder Cup in 1976. Retired after the 1977-78 year and continued his education at St. Francis Xavier University. Remained in Nova Scotia as a phys-ed instructor and hockey coach at St. Francis Xavier University from 1978 to 1982. Adam Calder played for his hometown Terriers before earning a scholarship to the University of North Dakota where he added a NCAA National Championship to his Degree in Physical Education. From 1999 onward Adam went on a hockey world tour with stops in South Carolina (winning another title), the IHL and AHL, Wichita before heading to Europe where he played in Sweden and Italy. He then played hockey in Coventry, England where he made his home and dominated the Elite Ice Hockey League for several years. Knowing that there was more to life outside the rink he completed his MBA at Coventry University and became a Project Engineer, testing vehicles with Jaguar Landrover. Passed away in 2018 at the age of only 42. After graduating from UND Terry Casey joined the US National Team for the 1967 Ice Hockey World Championships and scored two goals for the 5th-place team. The result ensured the US a spot in the 1968 Winter Olympics and shortly after the '67 championships Casey was named to the Olympic roster. That summer Casey was heading to a softball tournament when the car he was traveling in crossed the center divide and struck another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. He was killed at the age of 23 ending a hockey dream. Ben Cherski was one of UND's best players in the early years, compiling 131 goals and 188 points between 1951-55, making him UND's all-time leading men's hockey goal-scorer. Cherski became the first UND player to score 40 goals in a season when he did it in 1953-54, at record that stood until Doug Smail tallied 43 goals 26 years later, and averaged 1.88 points per game at UND, second in school history behind only Tony Hrkac . Taylor Chorney was selected by the Oilers in the 2nd round, 36th overall, in the 2005 NHL Amateur Draft but opted to spend 3 seasons at UND before testing pro waters. In senior year he opted out of collegiate play and in 68 games with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL scored five goals and 21 points. He also got a look at the NHL, but failed to register any points in two games he spent with the Oilers. Next season Chorney made the Oilers out of training camp as a 22-year-old and skated in 12 games before being sent to Springfield in the AHL. He returned to Edmonton in late January and shuffled between the two teams. Has had other NHL stops in St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Washington and Columbus, never playing a full season. After the 2017-18 season he headed for Europe where he is presently playing in the Austrian League. Gord Christian played with UND from 1947 to 1950, tying for scoring leader on the team in both the 1947–48 and 1948–49 seasons. He was a member of the silver medal winning 1956 United States Olympic ice hockey team, while his brothers, Bill and Roger, were 1960 hockey gold medalists and his nephew was 1980 gold medalist Dave Christian. Bryn Chyzyk, who earned a business management degree at UND, turned to pro hockey for the 2016-17 season. He suited up for both the ECHL’s Indy Fuel and for the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs. After concussions cut Chyzyk’s pro career short, he returned to UND and served as a graduate assistant coach for their men’s hockey team. He has since scouted American prospects for the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s Virden Oil Capitals and was recently named the Director of Scouting for the Waterloo (Iowa) Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League.. Mike Commodore won an NCAA crown at the UND and since then has had no shortage of jerseys worn in his hockey-playing career. He won a Stanley Cup in Carolina and made another final in Calgary and captured a world championships title with his native Canada. But despite the consistent, hulking presence Commodore provided on the blue line at every stop, the Alberta native's pro career also included seven AHL stops as well as time with the Blue Jackets, Red Wings and Lightning, not to mention a stop in the KHL with Admiral Vladivostok where he retired after the 2013-14 season. Lee Davidson played four seasons as a center for the Fighting Sioux and had 202 points in 167 games, ranking fifth in the school's career scoring. Drafted by the Capitals in the 8th round, 166th overall, of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, he would spend 9 years in pro hockey. Spent 8 of those in the North American minor leagues and 1 final season, 1998-99, in the German DEL. Returned to UND where he was assistant coach of men's hockey team until 2007-08. Ryan Duncan won the Hobey Baker award in 2007 but went undrafted spending 10 seasons in minor pro ranks. Has spent most of his professional career in Austria where he has won four league titles with Red Bull Salzburg in Austria’s top league. In his only AHL season had 14 goals and 36 points with the AHL Portland Pirates. Retired after the 2018-19 Austrian season ended. Cary Eades had 60 goals and 133 points in the BCJHL in 1977-78 then headed to UND for 4 seasons. Undrafted after his varsity career he spent 2 seasons in the CHL before turning to coaching. Spent 9 years as assistant coach at UND and the remainder as a head coach in USHL with Dubuque, Sioux Falls and Fargo, retiring after the 2018-19 season. Ralph Engelstad became a member of the UND hockey team in 1948 and played goalie for two years before leaving for California to play for the San Bernardino Shamrocks and work construction. Realizing the importance of an education, he returned to UND and earned a bachelors degree in commerce. Returning to the construction business he would go on to become “The most outstanding and successful entrepreneur to graduate from UND in its entire history”. Derek Forbort was a 1st round pick, 15th overall, by the L.A. Kings in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. After 3 years at UND he spent 2 plus seasons in AHL with Manchester Monarchs and Ontario Reign prior to making his NHL debut with the Kings in 2015-16. Traded to the Flames in 2020 but was released at year ended, signing as a free agent with the Winnipeg Jets for 2020-21. Matt Frattin destroyed the WCHA in his senior year, leading North Dakota in scoring with 60 points in 44 games. At the conclusion of that season Frattin signed a two-year entry-level deal with the Maple Leafs and began his pro career. Frattin made the 2011-12 Leafs out of camp, but inevitably split time with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL. Dealt to L.A. in 2013, then to Columbus in 2014 and then back to Toronto the same year, nagging knee injuries kept him from his potential. Played 14 games with Leafs in 2014-15 with rest of that and next 2 years spent back in AHL, as the property of Ottawa after a 2016 trade. Has spent the last 4 seasons in KHL and is playing there in 2020-21. That's it for tonight, pretty impressive lineup of varsity to pro talent sent out from UND !! As always, any of these are available to purchase, just send an email to: [email protected]
5 Comments
Bob Mooney
3/5/2021 07:54:39 am
Thank you, Kingsley, for featuring some of the UND hockey cards I order from you! I really enjoy what you do for me as well as your other clients.
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Joachim Brouwer
3/23/2021 12:03:07 pm
Hello Mr Burns
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Jean-Paul
4/13/2021 11:30:54 am
Hi Kingsley,
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Glendon McAuley
4/16/2021 09:00:14 am
Always enjoy browsing to see your cards, I also am loving the ones you created for my collection, definately makes me want more
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Wade moore
11/15/2022 06:54:34 pm
Was hoping to get 1 of each of the north Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey players. Thanks Wade Moore (Fargo ND)
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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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