Roy Conacher joined the Boston Bruins in 1938-39 and was an instant success. Conacher led the league with 26 goals in 47 games in his first season, the first rookie to ever accomplish the feat, a record that wasn't broken until Teemu Selanne came along more than 50 years later. The Bruins made a fabulous run through the playoffs, with Conacher scoring six times, including the goal that won Boston the Stanley Cup in the finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1939. Conacher finished second to teammate Frank Brimsek in Calder Trophy voting for rookie of the year honors. In his first four seasons, Conacher was among the league's top 10 scorers each year. After 6 seasons in Beantown he was traded to Detroit where he had his best season yet scoring 30 goals. Next year he was off to Chicago and his 1951-52 Parkie rookie card shows him in a Blackhawks uniform. Here are his CTNW creations for Boston and Detroit.
I seem to have a large number of Boston fans on my order list. Today will feature a couple of custom Bruins orders, the first in the 1937-38 OPC style but featuring players from the 1920's. Will continue with a pair of custom 1951-52 Parkhurst customs, one a Bruins rookie card. Roy Conacher joined the Boston Bruins in 1938-39 and was an instant success. Conacher led the league with 26 goals in 47 games in his first season, the first rookie to ever accomplish the feat, a record that wasn't broken until Teemu Selanne came along more than 50 years later. The Bruins made a fabulous run through the playoffs, with Conacher scoring six times, including the goal that won Boston the Stanley Cup in the finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1939. Conacher finished second to teammate Frank Brimsek in Calder Trophy voting for rookie of the year honors. In his first four seasons, Conacher was among the league's top 10 scorers each year. After 6 seasons in Beantown he was traded to Detroit where he had his best season yet scoring 30 goals. Next year he was off to Chicago and his 1951-52 Parkie rookie card shows him in a Blackhawks uniform. Here are his CTNW creations for Boston and Detroit. Ted Irvine starred with St. Boniface Canadians of the MJHL. In 1962-63, he topped the league with 31 goals in 32 games and was called up to play five games in the Memorial Cup with the Brandon Wheat Kings. He was the property of the Boston Bruins and played one game for the big club in 1963-64 and then gained three years of minor pro seasoning with the Minneapolis Bruins and the Oklahoma City Blazers of the CHL. His first real NHL experience came when the L.A. Kings claimed him in the 1967 Expansion draft and his '68-69 Topps and OPC rookie cards show him as a King. Here is his '63-64 Bruins rookie card. Skip Krake was a scoring star with the SJHL's Estevan Bruins. In 1963-64 he scored 59 goals in junior and was called up to the Boston Bruins for two games. He continued to make short-term appearances for the Bruins over the next two years but spent most of his time gaining valuable playing experience with Minneapolis and Oklahoma City in the CHL. He got a Bruins rookie card issued in '67-68 but it had Don Awrey's picture !! Here is his Bruins rookie CTNW. Charlie Hodge caught the attention of the Montreal Canadiens as a youth. Hodge began his apprenticeship with the Junior Canadiens in 1949-50. His next move was to the professional ranks in 1953-54 with the Cincinnati Mohawks of the International Hockey League. His goaltending was an integral part of the team's regular-season and Turner Cup championship performance. His NHL debut came in '54-55 but only for 14 games followed by 12 in '57-58 and 2 in '58-59. His rookie card appeared in the '55-56 Parkie set as an "In Action" card "Hugh Beats Hodge", here is his '61-62 Parkie CTNW. Hailing from Sherbrooke, Quebec, defenseman Fred Povey signed a contract with the National Hockey Association’s Montreal Canadiens on Dec. 17, 1912. He played four games with the Habs during their 1912-13 campaign, recording no points. Here is a custom requested '24-25 Champs Cigarettes card to mark his Habs career. You can purchase these cards, or any of my Missing Link creations, for $10 each postpaid, or $7.95 for 3 or more. Email me at: [email protected], volume discounts available on larger orders.
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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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