August 10--UPDATE--Rick Wilson

UPDATE

Found some cards for todays birthday.

Selected by Montreal Canadiens round 5 #66 overall 1970 NHL Amateur Draft.

Rick Wilson got his first chance to play in the NHL in 1973 at the age of 23 with the Montreal Canadiens. Wilson moved on to the St. Louis Blues, where he played two full seasons. In the first year he suited up for 76 games, scoring two goals and five assists with 83 penalty minutes. He appeared in 65 games in 1975-76, scoring a goal and six assists with 20 minutes in penalties. Wilson's most productive NHL season turned out to be his last, when he spent the 1976-77 season in the Motor City, scoring three goals and 13 assists.

CAREER NHL STATISTICS Years Teams GP G A TP PIM 1973-1977 Montreal, St. Louis, Detroit 239 6 26 32 165

CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS Years Teams GP G A TP PIM 1975-1976 St. Louis 3 0 0 0 0

Received these blue ink signed cards TTM.

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Yesterday's references to Wayne Gretzky were made pertaining to THE TRADE 23 years ago.

Kind of chokes me up too.

Thanks to fuji at http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/ for the Stadium Club Master Photos I won in his annual contest.

Speaking of contests, check out these two.

http://www.thedailydimwit.com/2011/08/first-trade-night-and-pack-war-plus.html

http://jaybarkerfan.blogspot.com/2011/08/100th-blog-post-contest-100th-blog-post.html

Some photos from my last visit to the HHOF.

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer will appear at the Hockey Hall of Fame's new and expanded Spirit of Hockey store for an autograph signing.

Tuesday August 16  12:30-2:00

8x10 photo and pucks	$59.99*
11x14 photos or larger	$69.99*
Bulky items including jerseys, sticks, equipment, etc.	$79.99*
Any special inscriptions are $10* extra.
The player reserves the right to refuse to sign any item.

Wow. I'm a Leaf fan but I don't think I'm going to be paying these prices.