This Day in NHL History 1989

May 31

L.A. Kings named Tom Webster as their new head coach, replacing Robbie Ftorek.

74/75 OPC WHA # 8

Obtained blue ink sig IP


A sad hockey related story on Harry Howell. He's been a pretty good signor through the mail. His wife has revealed that he is suffering from Alzheimers. You can read the story here on the motion to have an arena or street named after him. City councillor Brian McHattie is going to introduce a motion to city council Wednesday. At the end of the linked story, there are e-mail addresses where you can send your vote of support for the motion. As a native of the City of Hamilton, I would ask for your support. Thanks for reading. 

http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/4550951-why-we-can-t-delay-a-harry-howell-arena/

This Day in NHL History 1997

May 30

Toronto Maple Leafs named Ken Dryden as the team's new President. Dryden replaced Cliff Fletcher, who had been fired six days earlier. No new General Manager was named.

72/73 OPC 3rd series Team Canada insert

Obtained blue ink sig IP

This Day in NHL History 1999

May 29

Montreal Canadiens obtained veteran Trevor Linden from the New York Islanders, in exchange for the Canadiens first round pick in the 1999 NHL Draft.

91/92 UD # 97 CL

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1987

May 28

Philadelphia Flyers defeated the visiting Oilers 3-2, in Game Six of the Stanley Cup Finals. Trailing 2-0 after the first period, Ron Hextall made 30 saves and was named the game's top star.

92/93 UD # 532

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1995

May 27

Chicago's Chris Chelios became the first defenseman in playoff history to get 2 straight overtime game winners, when he scored at 5:35 of OT, to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 win at Vancouver, and a four game sweep in the Western Conf Semi-Finals.

84/85 OPC # 259 RC

Obtained black sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1966

May 26

Chicago's Bobby Hull was named the winner of the NHL's Hart Trophy, as the league's MVP.



69/70 OPC  # 216

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1989

May 25 

Winnipeg Jets named Bob Murdoch as their new head coach, replacing Rick Bowness, who had been an interim coach.

75/76 OPC # 33

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1979

May 24 

Boston Bruins fired Head Coach Don Cherry, after five years with the team.

74/75 OPC # 161 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP (also included Blue)

This Day in NHL History 1974

May 23

Buffalo Sabres named Floyd Smith as new head coach, replacing Joe Crozier.

95/96 Parkhurst # 52

Received blue sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1970

May 22

California Golden Seals purchased Dennis Hextall from the Los Angeles Kings.

71/72 OPC # 244

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1963

May 21

Chicago fired Rudy Pilous, who had been the Black Hawks' coach for five years. Two weeks later Billy Reay was named as the new team coach.

61/62 Topps # 23

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1975

May 20

Fog rolled in at the Aud in Buffalo, delaying Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Sabres and Flyers. At one point Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his stick, before Rene Robert's overtime goal at 18:29 won it for the Sabres 5-4.

74/75 OPC # 142

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1989

May 19

Montreal's Larry Robinson became the first player in NHL history to play in 200 Stanley Cup playoff games, as the Canadiens beat Calgary 4-3 in overtime, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, in Montreal.

84/85 OPC # 270

Obtained black sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1990

May 18

Calgary Flames named Doug Risebrough as their new head coach, replacing Terry Crisp. Risebrough became the sixth head coach in Flames' history.

75/76 OPC #107

Received blue ink sig TTM.

This is also an uncorrected error card as it depicts Bob Gainey.


And a story from today's Toronto Star

Hockey cards: Not the pursuit it used to be

Twenty years of darkness in a Rubbermaid container later, once-precious hockey cards are worthless

Read it here.

Kind of an interesting take. Guess it's hard to to get the facts correct in a short column. But maybe someone will read this and sell me their boxes for double ( 2 x 0.01 =0.02)  With Canada phasing out the penny, it should round down to ZERO. Yeah that's what I need.More free cards.

This Day in NHL History 1993

May 17

Hartford Whalers acquired Jim Sandlak from Vancouver to complete the March trade that sent Murray Craven to the Canucks.

87/88 Shell Vancouver Canucks card blue ink

Index card signed with number worn in rookie year  black sharpie

Obtained two different times TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1986

May 16

Jim Peplinski scored a goal and added two assists to lead the Flames to a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, in Calgary.

84/85 OPC # 233

Received blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1967

May 15

Toronto Maple Leafs traded Eddie Shack to the Boston Bruins, in exchange for center Murray Oliver.

64/65 Topps # 71
64/65 Parkhust reprint # 117

Obtained blue ink and black sharpie IP at two different times.

This Day in NHL History 1994

May 14

Wendel Clark scored two goals and added an assist as the Maple Leafs won 4-2 over the San Jose Sharks in Toronto, in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals.

91/92 ProSet # 225

Obtained black sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 2003

May 13

San Jose Sharks named Doug Wilson as their new General Manager.

84/85 OPC # 48

Obtained  blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1984

May 12

Toronto Maple Leafs signed free agent Steve Thomas, after he went unpicked in the NHL draft.

94/95 UD BAP # R171

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP.

This Day in History 1978

                                                  May 11

Pete McNab scored a goal and four assists to lead the Bruins to a 6-3 win over the Flyers in Boston, in Game 5 of the Semi-Finals, to win the series and advance to the Stanley Cup Finals vs Montreal.

                                                                      79/80 OPC #39

                                                                Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 2002

May 10

Florida Panthers fired interim general manager Chuck Fletcher and replaced him with Rick Dudley, who had been the GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, until resigning in February 2002.

74/75 OPC #268 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 2001

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May 09

Boston Bruins named Robbie Ftorek as their new Head Coach, the 34th in team history.

75/76 OPC # 19 RC

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.
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And in other hockey related news.

Ex-Jet Thomas Steen facing assault charge

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/05/07/ex-jet-thomas-steen-charged-with-assault

91/92 ProSet # 271

Received black sharpie sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1979

May 08

Boston's Stan Jonathan scored the only hat trick of his playoff career in the Bruins' 5-2 win over the Canadiens, in Game Six of the Semi-Finals in Boston.

77/78 OPC #270

Received blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1992

May 07

Harold Snepsts was named an assistant coach of the St. Louis Blues.

84/85 OPC #108 Received blue ink sig IP.

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Another tidbit from the local papers Flashback column.

25 years ago 1989

An impression shared by most Canadians is that European hockey teams are waiting with open arms for our players, especially those with National Hockey League experience.

That may be the case in some countries, but not in Sweden.

“They think their own players are just as skilled as ours,” says Brantford native Len Hachborn, who has just returned from his first season of professional hockey in Sweden.

And, the 28-year-old centreman adds, that's not far from the truth.

“Skill-wise, the Swedish hockey players are unbelievable,” says Hachborn, whose career includes three seasons in the NHL – two with Philadelphia and one with Los Angeles.

“I think they're a little ahead of us in skills . . . skating and stick-handling. But they don't have the hockey sense that North Americans have and there's hardly any hitting. It's totally different hockey. It's like a chess game.”

84/85 JC Penney Flyers Postcard

Received blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1996

May 06

Sergei Krivokrasov scored the winning goal at :46 of overtime in the Blackhawks' 4-3 win over the visiting Colorado Avalanche, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals. It was Krivokrasov's first career playoff goal.

Pack pulled 

95/96 UD BAP S#187

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In an earlier post, I was wondering if any programs were still kicking around from this event. Found my answer on Kijiji

Date Listed	06-May-14
Price	$1,000.00
Address	Woodstock, ON, Canada View map

Kiwanas Club of Brantford Sportsman dinner autograph book from 1964 where the following  signatures of the those participating were obtained on the pages containing their photographs. Eddie Shack Toronto Maple Leafs Ralph Sazio   Coach 1963 Grey Cup Champions Walt Burkemo 1953 PGA Gold Championship John Findley Canadas Leading Driver 1962 & 1964 Jesse OWENS  Olympic Gold Medalist Bill Crothers  Canadian Middle Distance Runner Record Holder Al Eckstrand   Mr Eliminator National Stock Card Association Rocky MARCIANO Undefeated Heavy Weight Champion Bob Mann Ontario Curling Champion Syl APPS  Toronto maple Leafs Each signature in this books provides providence to the others. A rare collectible in great condition $1000

And what does "Each signature in this books provides providence to the others" really mean.

This Day In NHL History 1982

May 05

Winnipeg Jets signed goaltender Brian Hayward as a free agent.

Received blue ink sigs TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1997

May 04

Vyacheslav Kozlov scored a power play goal at 1:31 of the third overtime to give the Red Wings a 3-2 win over the visiting Mighty Ducks, in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals.

Pack pulled BAP auto.

This Day in NHL History 1979

May 03

Bob Nystrom scored at 3:40 of overtime to give the Islanders a 3-2 win over the Rangers, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals, at Madison Square Garden. The win tied their playoff series at 2-2.

Blue ink sig TTM. I also have some blue sharpie IP's but thought I'd show his RC.

This Day in NHL History 1983

May 02

Detroit signed Kelly Kisio as a free agent, after he played a season in Switzerland.

Blue ink sig TTM.

And it was 47 years ago that the Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup

This Day in NHL History 1987

May 01

Pat Quinn officially assumed his job as President and General Manager of Vancouver Canucks, after having signed a contract with the team the previous January.

Blue ink signed card IP