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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Summertime blues have kept me away from keyboard, not enough time !! Anyway this post will be an eclectic mix with little rhyme or reason except they are all CTNW's. Had a request to create a John A. Ziegler custom card, as he was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy in '83-84 here is the result. Same customer also wanted owner's cards created for Mike Ilitch and Ed Snider. Next batch are the coaches from the '70-71 set, here they are in alphabetical order. Final guy shouldn't need a big write-up, here are a pair of Wayne Gretzky WHA cards from a custom order. Thanks to all my loyal customers for their ongoing support and their summertime patience !!!
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. Had requests for some '69-70 and '70-71 customs and for a mixed bag of '77-78 to '12-13 cards. 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. Jude Drouin was drafted as an 18-year-old in 1966 in the third round, 17th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens. Midway through the '68-69 season, Drouin got the call from the Canadiens and he suited up for them for nine games, picking up an assist in limited duty. He appeared in 3 more NHL games as a Hab in '69-70 but the powerhouse Canadiens simply could not find room for Drouin in their lineup, so he found himself with the Minnesota North Stars for the start of the 1970-71 season. His rookie card, as a North Star, was issued in the '70-71 OPC set. 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. Parker MacDonald began his career in the Toronto Maple Leafs' chain, and played his first NHL game during the 1952-53 season. During the 1967 Expansion Draft, MacDonald was chosen by the Minnesota North Stars. After two seasons in the Twin Cities, he retired to pursue a coaching career. MacDonald returned to Minnesota in 1973-74, this time to coach the North Stars. He lasted one season, and later coached the Los Angeles Kings in 1980-81. 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. Allan Stanley had 20 NHL seasons behind him, including 10 seasons in Toronto, when he joined the Flyers for '68-69. As a Maple Leaf he had finally won the Stanley Cup in 1962, the first of his four Cup wins with the team. His final title came in 1967, and after one more season with Toronto, he moved to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1968. He finally retired in 1969 at the age of 43. 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. Dwight Schofield was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1976 Amateur Draft and was called up for a brief three-game stint in the 1976-77 season. It would be another 5 years before his next NHL appearance, a 2 game stop in Montreal. When the St. Louis Blues claimed Schofield from the Habs in the 1983 Waiver Draft, he finally got some playing time in the NHL. Schofield played 70 games for the Blues in the 1983-84 season, collecting 14 points and 219 penalty minutes. His 1984-85 OPC rookie card is in a Blues uniform. Anders Hakansson was drafted by St. Louis in 1976, Anders Hakansson never appeared in a Blues sweater. He played in Sweden for the next five years before he signed as a free agent with Minnesota in 1981 and he went on to play 77 games for them. He was traded to Pittsburgh along with Ron Meighan and Minnesota's 1983 first-round draft choice for George Ferguson and the Penguin's 1983 first-round draft choice in October 1982. After 62 games in a Pittsburgh sweater, he was sent to the L.A. Kings for the rights to Kevin Stevens in September 1983. His '84-85 OPC rookie card was issued in a Kings uniform. Ryan Caldwell was a seventh round, 202nd overall, selection of the New York Islanders in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He got his first taste of the NHL in the latter stages of the 2005-06 season appearing in 2 games on Long Island. His next 2 NHL games came in 2007-08 after signing as a free agent with Wayne Gretzky's Phoenix Coyotes. His rookie cards appeared in an Islanders uniform in 2006-07. 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. I'm going to end this post with a tribute to a Maritime hockey icon. Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach John Brophy passed away on May, 23, 2016. The native of Antigonish, N.S., had a legendary hockey career, spanning many leagues and decades. Brophy is credited with more than 1,000 pro coaching victories, a number surpassed only by Scotty Bowman. He took over head coaching duties of the Maple Leafs for the 1986-87 season, leading Toronto into the second round of the playoffs. He was fired 33 games into the 1988-89 season after the Leafs got off to an 11-20-2 start. After that Brophy signed on as the head coach of the ECHL's Hampton Roads Admirals for the 1989-90 season. He led the Admirals to three league titles over 11 seasons. He ended his ECHL coaching career with two years behind the bench of the Wheeling Nailers, retiring after the 2002-03 season. Brophy oved hockey played a certain way, played in that old style where it was a tough game, you took no quarter, you gave none and you fought for your space on the ice and your space on the team. R.I.P. Thanks to Darryl Babineau and Len Ryan for their ongoing support.
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. Had a pair of requests for Boston Bruins in the "Exhibit Card" style, one in the original border-less style and size while and the other wanted them with a border and in the present day 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" size. Here are the original style cards: Nick Damore got a chance to play in the NHL in the middle of his minor league career when Boston Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek was injured. He joined the Bruins for a game versus the Montreal Canadiens on January 25th, 1942 and recorded the victory. After his one game audition Damore returned to the minors for good, perhaps the only undefeated NHL goalie ??? Lloyd Gronsdahl played ten games for the Boston Bruins in 1941-42. He was a reliable goal scorer, whose talent was more evident in the minors and senior hockey circles, who managed a single goal and 2 assists in his only NHL season. Phil Hergesheimer played parts of four seasons in the NHL in the 30s and 40s. He was a fine goal scorer in the minors and at the senior hockey level though he was more of a utility player as a big leaguer. Beginning in 1939-40, Hergesheimer was a decent role player in Chicago for 2 1/2 seasons. In January, 1942 things turned sour when the Hawks suspended him for refusing a demotion to the minors. He was traded to the Boston Bruins for cash but the Hawks held his rights of recall. Following the season his rights were returned to Chicago but he only played nine games for them the next season. In his 125 game NHL career he would record 21 goals and add 41 assists. Dutch Hiller took a different road to the big leagues, via Sudbury senior hockey and a stint in Britain. He eventually landed in the NHL wearing Ranger blue in 1937 and in 1940 would get his name on the Stanley Cup. The following year, the Rangers failed to repeat as champs, and Hiller was dispatched on a whirlwind of trades that placed him in Detroit, Boston, Montreal, back to New York and finally, back to Montreal again for his final stint in the NHL. Harvey "Busher" Jackson started his NHL career as a member of the Kid Line, the Toronto Maple Leaf trio that dominated the National Hockey League in the 1930s. When Busher's output sagged in 1938-39, Conn Smythe traded him to the New York Americans for Sweeney Schriner. He played two years with the Americans and then three more with Boston - even spending some time on the Bruins blue line - before retiring in 1944. Frank Mario spent parts of two seasons with the Boston Bruins in the 40s. He was a fine offensive player who spent the bulk of his pro career in the American Hockey League. He made a 9 game appearance with them in '41-42 before signing up for military service. He was back in Boston for 44 games in '44-45 which would be the last of his NHL career. He would tally 9 goals and 19 assists in the 2 seasons. Cliff Thompson played parts of two seasons with the Boston Bruins in the 40s. He was a clever offensive player with a hard shot who could also play a physical role in his own end. The native of Winchester, Massachusetts excelled for three years on the EHL's Boston Olympics before playing three games for the Bruins in 1941-42. In 1948-49 he was summoned to the Bruins for ten games which would end his NHL career with a single assist and no goals. The second group of "modified" Bruins Exhibit Cards go back to earlier times. Billy Boucher was a dangerous scorer who spent the bulk of his career in the 1920s with the Montreal Canadiens. At his peak he topped the 15-goal mark four straight years and led the NHL in penalty minutes in 1923 and 1925. By the late 1920s, the goals stopped going in and Boucher's ice time began to decrease. He was traded to the Boston Bruins in January 1927 and dressed for the last 14 games of the regular season before helping the club reach the Stanley Cup finals. Boucher spent his last NHL season with the New York Americans in 1927-28. Archie Briden played his first year in the NHL in 1926-27, playing 16 games with the Boston Bruins, scoring two goals and two assists in 16 games before being sent to the Detroit Cougars, where he played another 26 games, scoring three more goals. The following two years Briden was in Philadelphia, playing for the Arrows of the CAHL before getting another shot at the NHL in 1929-30, when he signed a deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Charlie Cahill was the first native of my little province, Prince Edward Island, to appear in the NHL. His career lasted just 31 games in 1925-26 and one more game the following year with Boston and produced a single assist as his only scoring point. Sprague Cleghorn started his NHL career in 1918-19 with the Ottawa Senators and was a major factor in Ottawa's Stanley Cup triumphs in 1920 and 1921. Following the 1921 Cup triumph with Ottawa, Cleghorn moved to Montreal to suit up for the Canadiens and claimed his third Stanley Cup win in 1923-24. The hard-nosed rearguard concluded his NHL career playing with the Boston Bruins from 1926 until 1928. Billy Coutu began his ten-year NHL career in 1917-18 with the advent of the new league, playing for the Montreal Canadiens. He played another two years in Montreal before he headed west to join the Hamilton Tigers. In 24 games, he scored eight goals and four assists while picking up 74 minutes in penalties. Despite that successful individual season, Coutu returned to the Montreal Canadiens the following year, playing in 23 games and scoring four goals and seven points. Coutu remained in Montreal for five seasons during his second tour of duty with the club, scoring a total of 17 goals and 29 points. His final year was in 1926-27, when he played in 41 games for the Boston Bruins, scoring two points. Cy Denneny topped the 20-goal mark eight times in his 13 year NHL career. He spent 12 seasons as an Ottawa Senator and won 4 Stanley Cups. After bringing his rewarding career with the Senators to a close, Denneny joined the Boston Bruins as player, coach and assistant manager in 1928-29 helping the Beantowners win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Denneny left the game as the the all-time league leader in goals scored, 248, and also as top point scorer in league history, with 331. Frank Fredrickson followed up a brilliant amateur career with an impressive tenure as a professional. Along the way, the Winnipeg native won an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup and played his way into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Fans of the NHL had a chance to enjoy Fredrickson's talents after the Detroit Cougars purchased his rights in 1926. Partway through his first NHL season he was traded to Boston, where he excelled with 14 goals in 28 matches. Fredrickson later played with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Falcons before bringing his NHL career to a close in 1931. Duke Keats played in the NHL with Boston, Detroit, and Chicago over a three-year span before being traded to the Tulsa Oilers of the American Hockey Association early in the 1928-29 season by Chicago. Over 80 NHL games he scored 30 goals and added 19 assists. Harry Meeking signed with the NHL's Toronto Arenas in 1917-18, the club which would eventually evolve into the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 21 games in the newly formed league, Meeking scored ten goals and 19 points. Meeking had the honor of being on the first-ever Stanley Cup championship winning team in the NHL, when the Arenas defeated the Vancouver Millionaires in the finals three games to two. In 1918-19 Meeking played in 14 games with the Arenas, scoring seven goals and ten points. In 64 NHL games, Meeking scored 18 goals and 30 points. Hal Winkler make his NHL debut in 1926-27 with the Rangers, where he recorded a shutout in his first NHL game versus the Montreal Maroons. After playing in only eight games with New York, the Rangers traded Winkler to the Boston Bruins where he led them to the Stanley Cup finals, losing to the Ottawa Senators two games to none. Winkler played in a career-high 44 regular season games with the Bruins in 1927-28 in his final NHL appearances.
Thanks to John Lehman and Len Ryan for their continuing patronage. 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. Today's post covers 11 seasons, 15 teams, 2 leagues and 7 coaches, a real mixed bag. Will post in chronological order with oldest to start, no write-ups but will post both front and reverse of all cards. Thanks to Doug Nicol for his continuing patronage.
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. Tonight's post will feature an order that was primarily vintage Packers and Chiefs football players with a Ted Irvine Boston Bruins card. Ted Irvine was a hard worker who could play a physical style and contribute offensively. 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 rookie card was issued, as a Los Angeles King, in the 1968-69 Topps and OPC sets. Here is his Bruins CTNW rookie card. Joe Johnson, who never lost a yard at his halfback position from 1950-52, was a defensive safety for four years with the Green Bay Packers. In 1958 Joe was given a shot at offensive halfback and came through with an adequate performance, which included a game winning grab against the Philadelphia Eagles. Carlton Massey was an All American Football player at The University of Texas. Massey played a total of 49 games in his five NFL seasons for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers. Urban A. Henry was a defensive lineman who was an All-State football player at Morgan City High School in 1953 and played collegiate for Georgia Tech. He played professionally in the Canadian Football League for the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos, and in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers Pittsburgh Steelers. He died of a heart attack at age 43. Frank Hardin Jackson was a wide receiver who played collegiate at Southern Methodist University, and professionally with the American Football League's Dallas Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Miami Dolphins. As a halfback, he scored four TDs (two rushing, two receiving) for the Texans in a 49–21 victory over the Denver Broncos in 1961. As a wide receiver, in 1964 he caught four touchdown passes from Len Dawson in a 49–6 Chiefs defeat of the San Diego Chargers. That tied the Pro Football record at the time. He was an American Football League All-Star in 1965. He played on the Texans' 1962 AFL Championship team, winning the longest pro football game ever played up to that time in the AFL Championship game against the two-time defending AFL Champion Houston Oilers. Allen Winnett Jacobs was a fullback and halfback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Utah. Jacobs was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the tenth round (139th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft. He was a member of the 1965 NFL Champion Green Bay Packer team. He was also drafted by the AFL's Buffalo Bills in the 26th round (205th overall) of the 1964 American Football League Draft. Robert (The Tank) Holmes was a running back who played collegiate at Southern University and professionally in the American Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs; National Football League for the Chiefs, the Houston Oilers and the San Diego Chargers; the World League for the Portland Storm. He was an AFL All-Star in 1969 and played with the chiefs in their defeat of the Oakland Raiders in the 1969 AFL Championship game and their crushing of the NFL’s championship Minnesota Vikings in the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship game. He joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League during the 1976 season. John Hilton was a tight end who played nine seasons in the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Richmond. He prepared for college by attending Fork Union Military Academy as a postgraduate in the 1959-1960 academic year where he played football and basketball. He was drafted in the 6th Round (76th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. He then played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings, and returned to the Detroit Lions to play one last year in the NFL. Then he went on to finish his career with the Florida Blazers of the WFL in 1974. Hilton then moved into coaching. William J. Hayhoe II was an offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. Hayhoe played collegiate ball for Los Angeles Valley College and the University of Southern California before being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 5th round of the 1969 NFL Draft. He played professionally for 5 seasons and retired in 1973. Noel Jenke was the first Univ. of Minn. athlete and Big Ten athlete to letter in three sports, football, hockey and baseball, and be drafted in all three by the Vikings, Blackhawks and Red Sox. He would play three seasons of professional baseball with the Louisville Colonels, Winston-Salem Red Sox, and the Pawtucket Red Sox. Jenke was drafted in the twelfth round of the 1969 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and played that season with the team. He was a member of the Atlanta Falcons the following season before playing two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. Thanks to Bob Mooney Jr. for his continuing patronage.
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. Finally back with a new post, have been crazy busy, spent last 3 weeks out of province working so now trying to catch up at home. This post will feature our next '72-73 WHA team set, the Cleveland Crusaders. The WHA brought a new pro hockey team to Cleveland when owner Nick Mileti moved the Crusaders in to the Cleveland arena for the 1972 season. The first coach for the Crusaders was Bill Needham, a long-time minor leaguer with the AHL's Cleveland Barons, who coached them to a winning record in their first season. The Crusaders were displaced from Cleveland in 1976, when the NHL's California Golden Seals moved to Cleveland and became the Cleveland Barons. The team was going to relocate to South Florida and become the Florida Breakers, in so far to even having a logo designed. After the proposed move fell through, the Crusaders relocated to St. Paul, Minnesota, becoming the second incarnation of the Minnesota Fighting Saints. One of only a handful of Nova Scotians to make it to the NHL Paul Andrea made NHL stops in New York, Pittsburgh, California and Buffalo before joining the Crusaders in '72. His only hockey card, as a Sabre, was issued in the '70-71 OPC and Topps sets. Doug Brindley's first three games in the NHL turned out to be the only three of his career, when he suited up for the Maple Leafs in the 1970-71 season. He played another five seasons in pro hockey, including two years with the Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Ron Buchanan successfully followed in his father Bucky's footsteps by making it to the NHL, and although his stay was short, he outlasted his father's tenure by four games. Ron appeared in 3 games with the Bruins and 2 more with the St. Louis Blues. He signed with the new WHA and the Cleveland Crusaders for the 1972-73 season. In 75 games he scored 37 goals and 81 points, marking the best pro season of his career, in any league. His only hockey card was issued, as an Oiler, in the '74-75 OPC WHA set. In the summer of 1972, fresh from a Stanley Cup win in Boston, Gerry Cheevers was one of a number of superstars to leave the NHL and join the upstart World Hockey Association. He signed an incredible seven-year, $1.4 million contract with the Cleveland Crusaders, which he thought would be the last contract of his career. But after less than four years he asked to be bought out and returned to the Bruins and the NHL for most of the next four seasons. Ray Clearwater had spent 9 seasons in the minor pro leagues before signing with Cleveland for the '72-73 season. He was a offensive minded defenseman notching 47 points in '72-73. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Bob Dillabough played 283 NHL games over 9 seasons with stops in Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh and Oakland between 1961 and 1970. He spent the next 2 seasons in the minors before playing a full 72-games with the Cleveland Crusaders of the brand new rival WHA in '72-73 scoring eight goals and eight assists. His rookie card, as a Red Wing, was part of the '63-64 Parkhurst set. Grant Erickson played two games with the Boston Bruins during the 1968-69 season and four more NHL games with the North Stars in 1969-70. With just six games and one goal to his credit, Erickson's NHL career was over. He spent the next two years of his career with the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League. When the World Hockey Association formed as a rival to the NHL for the 1972-73 season, an opportunity presented itself for Erickson. He was selected by the Cleveland Crusaders in the WHA General Player Draft and continued his career in the city he'd been playing in for the last two years. He would never get a hockey card issued John Hanna played parts of five NHL seasons with three different clubs in the 50s and 60s. He was in his 18 season of pro hockey when he skated in the WHA's inaugural season as a member of the Cleveland Crusaders. His Rangers rookie card was part of the 1958-59 Topps set. Joe Hardy spent parts of two seasons with the Oakland/California Seals. After starting the 1969-70 season with the AHL's Providence Reds, Hardy was recalled by the Seals and helped the team reach the playoffs and played 40 games for the California Seals in 1970-71. After spending the 1971-72 season with the AHL's Nova Scotia Voyageurs he jumped at the chance to sign with the Cleveland Crusaders of the newly founded WHA. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Ted Hodgson played four games with the Boston Bruins in 1966-67. When he did not receive a second opportunity to play in the NHL, Hodgson was more than happy at the chance to join the Cleveland Crusaders in 1972-73. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Ralph Hopiavuori was a 3rd round draft pick of the Maple Leafs in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. After spending the '71-72 season with the IHL's Port Huron Wings he joined the Crusaders for 29 games in their first season. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Bill Horton spent 5 seasons in the IHL prior to signing with the Crusaders in '72-73. He appeared in 74 games and recorded 19 points along with 55 minutes in penalties. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Gary Jarrett was a solid NHL performer with the Red Wings and Seals before he retired temporarily in 1972 only to return a few weeks later in the WHA. Jarrett was originally picked by the Alberta Oilers in the WHA General Player Draft but was soon dealt to the Cleveland Crusaders. He had a Red Wing rookie card issued as part of the '67-68 Topps set. Skip Krake was a solid role player for three NHL teams between 1963-64 and 1970-71. After scoring 51 points in 53 games as the captain of the WHL's Salt Lake Golden Eagles in '71-72, Krake was selected by the Cleveland Crusaders in the WHA General Player Draft. He played three seasons in Cleveland and one with the Edmonton Oilers before retiring in 1976. He had a Bruins rookie card issued as part of the '67-68 Topps set but it appeared with Don Awrey's picture. Jim McMasters was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft by Buffalo but signed with the WHA Crusaders playing in 74 games. He would get another 9 WHA appearances in '73-74 before heading to the minors. He finished his career in '76-77 with MoDo in the Swedish league. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Wayne Muloin first played in the NHL during the 1963-64 season when he was called upon for three games by the Detroit Red Wings. After being claimed by the New York Rangers in the 1964 Intra-League Draft he would not play another game in the NHL for almost six years. Muloin got his first prolonged opportunity in the NHL when he suited up for 71 games with the Oakland Seals in 1969-70. He was back with the club the following year, appearing in 66 games before moving to the Minnesota North Stars near the end of the season where he lasted but seven games. He spent the entire 1971-72 season in the minors, unable to land a job in the NHL. But as luck would have it the WHA started operations that fall and he signed with the Cleveland Crusaders, where he played for almost four years. His rookie and only hockey card, as a Crusader, was part of the 1975-76 OPC WHA set. Richard Pumple played Junior B hockey with his hometown Lachine Maroons, drawing comparison to the great Jean Beliveau and being described as "the outstanding junior prospect in hockey today" but sadly he never reached those pinnacles. He played 2 seasons with the Jr. Habs but then took 3 years off before joining Providence College. In his freshman season he set records for most goals (38) and points (71). He turned pro in '71-72 with the IHL Muskegon Mohawks before joining the Crusaders in '72-73. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Al Rycroft's hockey career was rather unassuming until the 1970-71 season. That year with the the WCHL Calgary Centennials he notched 52 goals and added 46 assists in 62 games. Following a season split between the IHL and WHL he signed with the Crusaders for '72-73 but spent most of the year with their Syracuse Blazers farm team in the EHL appearing in only 7 WHA games. He would never have a hockey card issued. Paul Shmyr began his NHL career with a brief three game stint with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1968-69 season. He would play the next season with both Chicago and their CHL affiliate Dallas Blackhawks. The 1970-71 season would see Shmyr spend his first full season in the NHL as a Hawk, only to be traded to the California Golden Seals before the start of the next season. He would only play one season for the Seals before moving to the Crusaders of the WHA. His rookie card, as a Golden Seal, was part of the 1971-72 OPC set. Bob Whidden played his junior hockey in the Maple Leaf system, spending 2 seasons with the Jr. Marlboros. He followed that with 2 seasons in the EHL and another 3 in the AHL before he signed with the Crusaders in 1972 as the backup to Gerry Cheevers. He would never get a hockey card issued but did appear as part of the '72-73 Crusaders postcard set. Jim Wiste spent four years at the University of Denver before turning professional in 1968 with the Chicago Black Hawks. He played in only three games with the Black Hawks during the 1968-69 season and another 26 in '69-70 before being dealt to the Canucks. After 23 games as a Canuck he was dealt to the Rangers but skipped to the WHA. After being selected by the New York Raiders in the 1972 WHA General Player Draft, Wiste signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Crusaders after securing his release from the Raiders. In two seasons with the Crusaders Wiste recorded 51 goals and 78 assists. His rookie, and only, card was issued as an Indianapolis Racer in the 1974-75 OPC WHA set. 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.
Spring has sprung and with it yard cleanup, tree trimming, house renos and repainting !! Add NHL playoffs, beginning of harness racing season, trying to keep caught up on custom orders and eBay sales and the time for blogging has been reduced to zero. Will get at least a few new CTNW creations out to you loyal followers this morning before Mother's Day festivities begin. Don Awrey spent 11 seasons in Beantown before being traded to St. Louis for the '73-74 season. OPC issued his '73-74 card in an airbrushed Blues uniform, had a request for him on a '73-74 Bruins card. Nick Beverley was another Bruin who got traded in '73-74, but to Pittsburgh, after 4 seasons in Boston. Like Awrey his '73-74 OPC card was an airbrush pic of him as a Penguin. Here is his '73-74 Bruins CTNW. Bill Fairbairn starred for the home town Brandon Wheat Kings in junior scoring 254 points in his last two seasons. He was the property of the New York Rangers and spent two years with the CHL's Omaha Knights making the league's second all-star team in 1969 and earning a one game look with the parent club that same year. His OPC rookie card was issued as part of the '71-72 set. Here is his '69-70 CTNW rookie. Tony Horton was featured in a prior blog on a 1971 Topps card but had request for this 1970 CTNW version. Ron Jones was a high scoring defenseman in junior played parts of 2 seasons with Boston before stops in Pittsburgh and Washington. His total NHL career spanned 54 games and OPC and Topps issued his rookie card as a Capital in the '75-76 sets. Here is his CTNW Bruins rookie card. Guy Lapointe played his junior hockey with Maisonneuve, Verdun and the Montreal Junior Canadiens. He then became a professional in 1968-69, signing on as player with the Houston Apollos of the CHL, and earning a 1 game appearance with Les Habitants. He was back in Montreal for 5 games in '69-70 and had his rookie card issued by OPC in their '70-71 set. Here is his '69-70 CTNW rookie. Ted Lindsay had spent his first 13 NHL seasons in the Detroit Flying Wheel uniform before a trade to Chicago in July '57. The trade came when Lindsay, with the help of other high-profile players, organized the NHL Players' Association. Lindsay and Jack Adams, Detroit's general manager, hadn't spoken for three years prior to 1957 even though the rugged winger was captain of the Wings. Adams traded Lindsay, at the time the league's third all-time goal scorer, to the lowly Chicago Black Hawks in a move that was more a punishment than a sound hockey move. Mike Liut joined the St. Louis blues in '79-80 and had his rookie card issued in both the OPC and Topps '80-81 sets. Had a request for a '79-80 CTNW version. Parker MacDonald began his career in the Toronto Maple Leafs' chain but in 1954-55, New York plucked MacDonald from the Leafs' roster. Detroit grabbed MacDonald in the Intra-League Draft in 1960 and made him a regular. The card companies gave him a '55-56 Leafs rookie card and then forgot about him until they issued a Red Wings card in '63-64. Here is his '61-62 CTNW as a Red Wing. Gerry Melnyk scored 95 goals in three seasons with the hometown Edmonton Oil Kings of the WCJHL. During the 1956 playoffs, he dressed for six games while helping the Detroit Red Wings reach the finals. He wouldn't make it back to the NHL, again with Detroit, until 1959-60 when he formed an efficient line with Billy McNeill and Val Fonteyne. He also played the '60-61 season in Detroit and '61-62 in Chicago before another 6 year break. He played his final NHL, and career, season in '67-68 with the St. Louis Blues. He had a '60-61 Parkie Red Wings rookie card and a '68-69 Blues OPC and Topps card issued. Here is his '61-62 Red Wing CTNW. Eric Nesterenko was a versatile right-winger who played 1,343 regular season and playoff games in an NHL career that lasted two decades. He spent parts of 5 seasons as a Maple Leaf before ending his career with 16 seasons as a Blackhawk and a final part season in the WHA as a Chicago Cougar. He had a lengthy run of hockey cards but none for the '60-61 issues, here is his '60-61 Chicago CTNW. Gerry Odrowski played over 300 NHL games for three different clubs in the 1960s and '70s but much of his pro career took place in the WHA and the minors. He made his NHL debut in '60-61 with the Wings but didn't get a rookie card until the '62-63 Parkie set. Here is his '61-62 Parkie CTNW. Marcel Paille hit the ice for the first time with the Quebec Citadelle of the QJHL in 1949 and it would be a quarter of a century after that first game before his goal pads would finally be put aside. During that time he would spend 7 seasons with the Rangers and one in the WHA as a Philadelphia Blazer. Paille spent the rest of his career in the service of a plethora of teams that included the North Bay Trappers, Matane Red Rocks, Chicioutimi Sagueneens, Cleveland Barons, Buffalo Bisons, Springfield Indians, Baltimore Clippers, Vancouver Canucks, Denver Invaders and, in his longest and most notable stint, Providence Reds of the AHL. For all that he would get a single hockey card issued in the '64-65 Topps Tallboy set. Here is his '60-61 Topps Rangers CTNW. Larry Popein's hockey career spanned 23 seasons, with 7 NHL seasons as a New York ranger and 1 as an Oakland Seal. He also spent 11 seasons with the Vancouver Canucks in the WHL. Topps issued his rookie card as part of the '54-55 set, here is his '60-61 Rangers CTNW. Mickey Redmond attended training camp with the Montreal Canadiens in 1967 and played the next 3 seasons with the Habs getting a '68-69 rookie card in the OPC set. Had a request to create a '69-70 CTNW. Al Rollins played 24 seasons of hockey from 1942-43 until 1968-69 with a year away from the game in '60-61 and another 2 year break in '66-67 and '67-68. His NHL career included a 3 year stop in Toronto, 5 as a Chicago Blackhawk and a final stop in '59-60 as a New York Ranger. He had 4 Parkhurst cards issued, all as a Blackhawk, including his '52-53 rookie. Here is his '60-61 Rangers CTNW. Dollard St. Laurent started out with the Jr. Canadiens of the QJHL but by '50-51 he had made it to Montreal. He spent 8 seasons as a Canadien before a 1958 trade to Chicago for his final 4 NHL seasons. Here is his '60-61 Blackhawks CTNW. Fred Stanfield had spent parts of 3 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks before a 1967 trade to the Bruins. In Boston "Steady Freddie" made an important contribution to the team's two Stanley Cup victories in 1970 and 1972. In the ten season after his arrival in Boston, Stanfield broke the 20-goal plateau seven times. In 1973, he was dealt to the Minnesota North Stars for a season and a half before rounding out his NHL days with the Buffalo Sabres in 1977. Here is '73-74 Bruins CTNW. Mike Walton made his NHL debut as a Maple Leaf in '65-66 and spent parts of another 5 seasons in Toronto before a trade to Philadelphia who then flipped him to the Boston Bruins. He spent parts of 3 seasons in Boston before jumping to the WHA Minnesota Fighting Saints for the '73-74 season. Here is his '73-74 Bruins CTNW. Howie Young saw his first NHL game action with the Detroit Red Wings in the 1960-61 season. There was no middle ground for a hockey fan and their feelings toward Young. He was a supreme agitator, especially in the 1962-63 season when he compiled a league-leading 273 penalty minutes in 64 games. Despite a lifelong battle with alcoholism his career spanned 33 seasons including 8 in the NHL; with Detroit, Chicago and Vancouver; and 3 in the WHA; with Phoenix and Winnipeg. During that time he would only get 3 hockey card appearances, here is his '61-62 Detroit CTNW. Ken Wharram's NHL career was spent entirely with the Chicago Black Hawks, where he was best known as the fleetest member of the potent Scooter Line with Stan Mikita and Ab McDonald. Over 11 seasons he played 766 games scoring 252 goals. Here is his '60-61 CTNW. Thanks to all my loyal customers who have initiated these requests, your continued support is greatly appreciated.
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. Been a while since I had time to stop and try to get some new cards posted here !!! Today's post will be a mixture of recent; and some not so recent but forgotten; creations from 1979-80 to present. I'll start with some current year requests and go back in time as we go. John Scott got more press when he made this years All-Star team than in his entire NHL career. Scott signed a one year contract with the Arizona Coyotes on July 10, 2015. In the 2015-16 season he would lead all players in fan voting earning the right to captain the Pacific Division for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game. In the days leading up to the NHL All-Star Game however, Scott was part of a three-way trade that saw the big winger land with the Montreal Canadiens. He was subsequently assigned to the Canadiens AHL affiliate, the St. John's IceCaps, but would return to the NHL for the All-Star festivities, ultimately being named the game's most valuable player. Here are his Montreal and Arizona CTNWs. Drayson Bowman played his major junior hockey for the Spokane Chiefs with whom he captured the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions and the Memorial Cup. For his impressive play Bowman was named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team. He made his professional debut with the Carolina Hurricanes playing parts of 5 NHL seasons. Signed as a free agent by Montreal, October 2, 2014 and appeared in 3 games with them in 2014-15. Here is his 2015-16 Montreal CTNW. Taylor Chorney was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers with the 36th overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He played parts of 4 seasons as an Oiler and also appeared as a St. Louis Blue and a Pittsburgh Penguin before he was signed as a free agent by Washington, July 1, 2015. Here is his 2015-16 Capitals CTNW. Daniel Winnik is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and was the ninth round, 265th overall selection of the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. In his first NHL game, Winnick scored the game-winning goal as a member of the Coyotes. He also had stops in Colorado, Anaheim, San Jose, Toronto (twice) and Pittsburgh before ending up with the Capitals. Here's John Scott as a San Jose Shark, part of a 5 team Scott order I shipped recently. Same request had a pair of Keith Aucoin CTNWs. Aucoin honed his hockey skills at the University of Norwich graduating as the schools all-time leader in goals (114), assists (124) and points (238). Undrafted, he would spend 5 seasons in the AHL before his first NHL game on January 23rd, 2006 where he notched his first NHL point on the Carolina Hurricane roster. Over 9 NHL seasons he would log only 145 games between Carolina, Washington, the Islanders and St. Louis before heading to Europe to play. Here is his 2014-15 Blues CTNW. And here is his 2013-14 New York Islanders CTNW. To finish up the John Scott group here's his 2012-13 New York Rangers CTNW. And also his 2011-12 Chicago Blackhawks CTNW. One of my Montreal faithful clients send me a hodge-podge of players, PA announcers, anthem singers and coaches. Here is a 1993-94 Bowman style Jacques Demers coach card. Demers started his pro coaching career with a 4 year term in the WHA coming to the NHL with the Nordiques in 1979-80. After stops in Detroit and St. Louis he landed in Montreal for the 1992-93 season leading them to the Stanley Cup in his first year. Perry Anderson played for Kingston in the OHL and was drafted by St. Louis before his final season, 1980-81. Over the next four years with St. Louis he steadily worked his way into the lineup, and his charitable work made him one of St. Louis's most-liked athletes. But no sooner had he played his first full season with the Blues, 1984-85, than he was traded to New Jersey and he spent the next five years with the Devils. He spent part of the 1991-92 season in San Jose and earned the only hockey cards issued as a Shark. Here's his Devil's CTNW Missing Link. Pierre Larouche ended his career in New York with 5 seasons as a Ranger, we previously posted an '87-88 Ranger card but also had a request for an '85-86 creation. Jean Perron was the 16th head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, serving from 1985 to 1988. Like Demers he also led the Habs to a Stanley Cup in his first season behind the bench. Mike Stothers was a huge defenceman for his era who played with the Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs in the 80s. He was a tough competitor who utilized his 6'4", 212lb. frame to keep the front of his goal clear. The Toronto native was chosen 21st overall by the Flyers in 1980 after a solid rookie season with the Kingston Canadians of the OHL. He returned for two more years of junior then apprenticed with the AHL's Maine Mariners. Over 5 NHL seasons, 4 as a Flyer and 1 as a Leaf, he would only appear in 30 games never earning a hockey card. Here's his Flyers CTNW rookie card. Kent Carlson was drafted by Montreal 32nd overall in 1982, during his college career at St. Lawrence University. He played all of 1983-84 with the Habs, but their blueline was chock full of stars and he only played sparingly for two seasons except when he was requested to fight. The result was a torrent of injuries from broken hands and a nose, damaged tendons and shoulders, slipped discs in his neck. A trade sent Carlson to St. Louis, but he had a serious spinal fusion operation that forced him to miss all of 1986-87 and further caused nerve damage in his right arm. He returned for two games in the playoffs almost two years later, and two more with Washington in 1988-89 before packing it in. He would never get a mainstream hockey card, here is his CTNW Habs rookie. Frank Caprice was a 9th round draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks in 1981. Over 6 seasons as a Canuck he appeared in 102 games. He finished his hockey career with a 7 season stint in Italy and Britain before retiring after the1998-99 season. He would never have a hockey card issued so here is his Canucks CTNW rookie card. Mickey Volcan was drafted by the Hartford Whalers as a 3rd round pick in 1980 after a year with the University of North Dakota. He would appear in 143 games as a Whaler over 3 seasons but didn't get a hockey until he was sen to Calgary in 1983. Here is his Hartford CTNW rookie. Tim Tookey was a role player in parts of seven NHL seasons in the 1980s. He was a gifted offensive player who became one of the top scorers in the history of the AHL. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Tookey was a top scorer on the WHL's Portland Winter Hawks. He was taken 88th overall by the Washington Capitals in 1979 and returned for one last year in junior. In 1979-80, he notched 58 goals then became a solid role player for two years in Washington. He later suited up with Quebec, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles for a few games but was chiefly a scoring star in the AHL and never rated an NHL hockey card. Here is his Capital's CTNW rookie. Right winger Yvan Joly was blessed with breakaway speed and a fine scoring touch but only played two career NHL games. Drafted by Montreal in the 3rd round of the 1979 Entry Draft, the injury-riddled Canadiens called up Joly for one game in the 1979-80 playoffs. He later played one regular season game each in 1980-81 and 1982-83. During the 1982-83 season he scored 43 goals in the AHL but sealed his fate in Montreal by publicly criticizing Guy Lafleur for saying the Canadiens lacked any stars on the farm. He never rated a hockey card so here is his Montreal CTNW rookie. Defenceman Greg Theberge played parts of five seasons with the Washington Capitals. He was a fine passer with good mobility who helped the club's transition game and power play improve in the early '80s. Beginning in 1981-82, Theberge played two full seasons on the Caps' blueline. He recorded 60 assists over this time and registered nine power-play goals. Theberge was also a part of the franchise's first legitimate quality team. After spending more time in the minors than the NHL in 1983-84, the veteran rearguard retired after 153 NHL games without a hockey card. Here is his Capital's CTNW rookie. Centre Bob Mongrain was an offensive specialist who played parts of six seasons in the NHL during the 1970s and '80s. Mongrain was signed as a free agent by the Buffalo Sabres after scoring 66 goals for the QMJHL's Trois Rivieres Draveurs. During his five years in the Sabres' organization, the slick pivot made a few appearances in the NHL but was chiefly an offensive spark on the AHL's Rochester Americans. In 1983, his creative work helped the Americans win the Calder Cup. His 81 game NHL career did not produce a hockey card so here is his Buffalo CTNW rookie. Glen Currie had an eight-year NHL career, six with the Washington Capitals and two with the Los Angeles Kings. He was chosen in the 3rd round of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft, 38th overall, by the Washington Capitals following three years of major junior hockey with the Laval National of the QMJHL. Currie put together an amazing final year in junior, scoring 63 goals and 82 assists for 145 points in 72 games. His 326 NHL games did not rate a hockey card, here is his Capitals' CTNW rookie. Norm Dupont was a first-round selection of the Montreal Canadiens, 18th overall, from the Montreal Junior Canadiens in 1977. He was a scoring star in major junior hockey and had 55 goals and 70 assists for 125 points in 70 games as a 16-year-old rookie. He followed that up with seasons of 158, 132, and 153-points. Unfortunately for Dupont, as good as he was at putting the puck in the net, the high-flying Habs already had the likes of Lafleur, Shutt, and Lemaire doing a pretty good job of handling the goal-scoring, so after 35 games he was traded to Winnipeg were he had his rookie card in the 1981-82 OPC set. Here is his Habs CTNW. The Detroit Red Wings drafted center Roland Cloutier with the 178th overall draft pick in the 1977 Amateur Draft. During the 1977-78 season Cloutier got the call from Detroit and played a single game with them. The next year Cloutier upped his games-played to 19 and was able to produce 12 points in that time. Despite his success, he was on the move for the 1979-80 season. Cloutier's home province Nordiques plucked him from the Red Wings and gave him 14 more games of experience in 1979-80. They would be his last games at the NHL level and he would not get a hockey card issued. Here are his Red Wings CTNW rookie and his Nordiques CTNW creation. Known for his acrobatic style in the crease, goaltender Rollie Boutin was selected 111th overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft. Despite the fact Boutin posted a very average 64-64-23 record in junior, scouts were impressed by his knack for making the big save at crucial points throughout the game. He played his first two NHL games in 1978-79 with Washington, allowing ten goals against in 90 minutes of action. When the 1979-80 season began he received the call to join the Caps. His first game that season was a success, with the Caps recording a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the New York Rangers. The first nine games of the year were great for Boutin, who posted a 6-2-1 record. However, the last six games resulted in a 1-5 mark, giving him a final record of 7-7-1 in 18 games. Boutin played two more games in a Capitals' uniform in 1980-81, and that was it for his NHL career. Here is his Capitals CTNW rookie creation. 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.
Just recently sent out round 2 of the Walsh & Co. 1895 Old Judge & Gypsy Queen Cigarette cards, all of them featured boxers, wrestlers or MMAs. Here they are: Shannon Briggs Julio Cesar Chavez "Wild Bull" Curry Fedor Emelianenko Royce Gracie Prince Naseem Hamad Vitali Klitschko Floyd Mayweather Jr. Conor McGregor Victor McLagen Raquel Pennington Jerry Quarry Bas Rutten Bruno Sammartino Dan Severn Georges St.-Pierre Jose Torres Mike Tyson "Mad Dog" Vachon Dana White Thanks to Onofrio Giammaria for his always interesting 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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