Monday
Gerry Foley
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Gerry Foley was born in Ware, Massachussetts, making him one of the rare American born hockey players back in the 1950s NHL. But he actual...
Saturday
Larry "Pope" Popein
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Larry "Pope" Popein was a speedy defensive centre and penalty killer. He played in the NHL with the New York Rangers, but he spe...
Wally Hergesheimer
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Winnipeg born Wally Hergesheimer was the toast of New York in the early 1950s. Never more so than in 1952-53 when he finished 4th in leagu...
Monday
Charlie Mason
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Long before anyone had ever heard of Charles Manson, there was a pint sized winger named Charlie Mason speeding down the wings in the Nati...
Tuesday
Mike York
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Mike York cherished his time on hockey's cloud nine. The Waterford, Michigan native became a two-time Hobey Baker finalist as the ...
Wednesday
Joe Cooper
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Joe Cooper (12) celebrates with Bryan Hextall, Sr. (11). Joe Cooper was a Winnipeg born defenseman who started and finished his NHL care...
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Hank Damore
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Comedians Abbott and Costello were the hottest act in Hollywood in the 1940s. So when the New York Rangers found Lou Costello lookalike Ha...
Jack Stoddard
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Stan Fischler has long been enamoured with New York hockey players, especially from eras long gone by. Take Jack Stoddard for example. H...
Tuesday
Herb Dickenson
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Herb Dickenson was a promising left winger out of Hamilton with all seemingly all the talent in the world. In 1949-50 while playing with t...
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Friday
Fred Shero
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He is known as one of hockey's greatest coaches. After nearly 15 as a successful minor league coach, Freddy "The Fog" Sher...
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Sunday
Doug Brennan
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Doug Brennan played three seasons with the New York Rangers from 1931 through 1934. The Rangers acquired him from the Vancouver Lions of the...
Friday
Danny Lewicki
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When Dashin' Danny Lewicki looked back at his nine year stint in the NHL he has this rather brutal assessment of himself: "A ho...
Rene "Trudy" Trudell
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Rene “Trudy” Trudell came out of Mariapolis, Manitoba with a reputation as a fine skater and stickhandler. But his NHL career was grounded b...
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Sunday
Jean Paul Lamirande
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"Promising 23-year-old French Canadian Jean Paul Lamirande, who hails from Isle Maligne, Lake St. John, Quebec, has been added to the N...
Monday
Brian Leetch
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Though he was born in the least likeliest of hockey hotbeds, Brian Leetch went on to become perhaps the best National Hockey League defens...
Adam Graves
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In an era when the NHL was being dominated by hockey's version of globalization, Adam Graves was very much the traditional Canadian hock...
Friday
Dan Olesevich
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Anyone who has studied hockey prior to the 1960s will notice that most teams only carried one goalie. That goalie would play in every game o...
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Wednesday
Butch Keeling
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Butch Keeling was a regular left winger with the New York Rangers in the 1930s. Playing behind the famous Boucher-Cook brothers line, Keelin...
Tuesday
Tomas Sandstrom
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Tomas Sandstrom was one of the most hated players of his day. He had a reputation as a shit disturber at best, and as a dirty player at wo...
Miloslav Horava
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When Miloslav Horava came to the NHL late in the 1988-89 season he was a 27-year old veteran of both the Czechoslovakian league and the Cz...
Friday
Bob "Killer" Dill
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Decades after the infamous incident, Bob "Killer" Dill still denies it. Dill, a gigantic tough guy out of Minnesota, was quickly...
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Alexander Karpovtsev
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Moscow native Alexander Karpovtsev was an intriguing Soviet import. Blessed with good size (6'2" and 210lbs) and great skating st...
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Wednesday
Troy Mallette
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Troy Mallette certainly made quite the impact on the NHL when he first came into the league. The 22nd overall draft pick in 1988, Mallette...
Monday
Julian Klymkiw
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Born on July 16th, 1933 in Winnipeg Manitoba, Klymkiw was a former junior and senior goaltender, mostly with the Brandon Wheat Kings and Win...
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Wednesday
Jeff Beukeboom
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Jeff Beukeboom was forced to quit the game he loves because of repeated head injuries. Beukeboom was originally injured Nov. 19, 1998 at L...
Monday
Pentti Lund
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Pentti lund was only the second Finnish born player in the NHL ever (after Al Pudas). He was also the second European born player ever to ...
Wednesday
Larry Kwong
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As a child, Larry Kwong shared the same dream as most other proud Canadian boys living in the small town of Vernon, British Columbia - to...
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Sunday
Fred Hunt
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Fred started his junior career in his hometown of Brantford. He played for the Brantford Lions (OHL) between 1933-35. He was no star in Br...
Rod Gilbert
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Rod Gilbert overcame a serious injury to not only become a legend of the ice but to become one of the brightest stars on Broadway. During ...
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Frank Boucher
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Often considered to be the Wayne Gretzky of his day because of his superior playmaking skills and understanding of the game, Frank Boucher h...
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Thursday
Bob Chrystal
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Bob Chrystal, born in Winnipeg in 1930, played two seasons with the New York Rangers. He patrolled the Broadway blue line in 1953-54 and 195...
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Doug Sulliman
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One of the greatest lines in the history of hockey came out of the WHA and the city of Winnipeg. Bobby Hull joined European imports Ulf Nils...
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Tuesday
Bill Fairbairn
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Bill Fairbairn, who was nicknamed Bulldog as a junior, was a tenacious two-way hockey player who loved to hit. "I used the boards a l...
Rod Seiling
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This Rod Seiling hockey card is O-Pee-Chee card #71 from 1968. It is not his rookie card (that came out in the 1964-65 season) but I am a...
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