This Day in NHL History 1978

June 30

Free Agent Gary Sargent of the L.A. Kings signed with the Minnesota North Stars. The Kings received Dave Gardner, Rick Hampton and Steve Jensen as compensation (7/15/78).

78/79 OPC #45
Received blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 2001

June 29

Philadelphia Flyers announced that they had reached an agreement to sign free agent Jeremy Roenick, who had been with the Phoenix Coyotes. Roenick officially signed three days later.

Received this black sharpie signed postcard TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1994

June 28

Hartford Whalers named Paul Holmgren as head coach, replacing Pierre Maguire. It was Holmgren's second stint as Whalers' coach.

77/78 OPC # 307 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 2002

June 27

Montreal Canadiens named Guy Charron as their new assistant coach.

72/73 OPC # 233 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

$120,000 goal for Hockey Night in Brantford on Aug. 13 at Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre

Slowly, but surely, information is being released for this event as it becomes available.

http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2014/06/26/120000-goal-for-hockey-night-in-brantford-on-aug-13-at-wayne-gretzky-sports-centre

You can read about my experience last year here.

Of course, the two captains, Adam Henrique and Zac Dalpe will be in attendance. The list of players is now at 12 NHL current or retired players. Now, it appears that there will be three players participating from this years Stanley Cup Champs, the Los Angeles Kings. Checking the roster, the three players whose hometowns are the closest would be Kyle Clifford (Ayr), Jake Muzzin (Woodstock) and Tanner Pearson(Kitchener). A little further away but still fairly close are Jordan Nolan (St. Catherines) and Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty (London).  Muzzin and Clifford had the Cup in their hometowns when the Kings won in 2012. From the executive side, Nelson Emerson (Waterford) and John Stevens (Turkey Point) had the Cup in the area also. With newly minted HHOF Rob Blake (Simcoe) also in the mix, the Cup may be making a lot of appearances here this year. I'm all ready to support the United Way, watch some hockey and, of course, get some autographs from the participants. I'll be posting any additions to t he roster when they become available. 

 I Can't wait.

This Day in NHL History 1998

June 26

Nashville Predators selected 26 players (one from each NHL team) in their Expansion Draft.

From the Pittsburgh Penguins
the Hrkac Circus

Tony Hrkac
89/90 OPC #64

Received blue ink signature TTM.

Pittsburgh owned his rights briefly after acquiring him and Bobby Dollas from Edmonton for Josef Beranek. I guess each team had to lose one player with some kind of NHL experience to Nashville. This way they weren't really losing anybody from their projected roster. He was then traded on July 9th to the Dallas Stars for future considerations.

This Day in NHL History 1993

June 25

NY Rangers acquired goalie Glen Healy from Tampa Bay in exchange for a 1993 3rd round draft pick. In addition the Rangers obtained Doug Lidster from Vancouver to complete an earlier deal for John Vanbiesbrouck.

91/92 UD # 224

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1995

June 24 

Neal Broten and Shawn Chambers each scored twice as the Devils won 5-2, to sweep the Red Wings in four games to win the 1995 Stanley Cup Championship (for the first time in franchise history). Claude Lemieux was the Conn Smythe trophy winner.

94/95 UD BAP #22
Obtained black sharpie auto in a pack

This Day in NHL History 1975

June 23

Los Angeles Kings signed free agent Marcel Dionne from Detroit, along with defenseman Bart Crashley. The Red Wings obtained Dan Maloney and veteran defenseman Terry Harper as compensation from the Kings.

71/72 OPC #133 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1991

June 22

New York Islanders traded Craig Ludwig to the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for Tom Kurvers.

84/85 OPC # 265

Received black sharpie sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1986

June 21 

Winnipeg Jets traded Scott Arniel to Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Gilles Hamel.

84/85 OPC # 333

Received blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1986

June 20

Winnipeg Jets named Dan Maloney as their new head coach, replacing John Ferguson.

72/73 OPC # 264 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1980

June 19

Chicago traded goaltender Mike Veisor to Hartford, in exchange for Hartford's second round choice (Kevin Griffin) in the 1981 Entry Draft.

82/83 Hartford Whalers postcard.

Received blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1987

June 18

Kirk Muller was named as new Captain of the New Jersey Devils.

92/93 UD #180

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP..

This Day in NHL History 1989

June 17

At the NHL Draft held in Minnesota, the Quebec Nordiques used the first overall pick to select Mats Sundin..

90/91 UD # 365 RC

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP.

(Sal, another blue on blue for you).

This Day in NHL History 1972

June 16

Atlanta Flames traded Bill Heindl to the New York Rangers, in exchange for Bill Hogaboam. Heindl was the first Flames' player to be traded

75/76 OPC # 67

Reeceived blue ink sig TTM. .

This Day in NHL History 1989

June 15

Buffalo Sabres' GM Gerry Meehan fired coach Ted Sator.

71/72 OPC # 160

Obtained blue ink sig iP.

This Day in NHL History 1988

June 14

Pittsburgh Penguins fired coach Pierre Creamer after one year with the team, in which the Penguins finished with a record of 36-35-9, but missed the playoffs. Gene Ubriaco was later hired to replace him

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Baltimore Skipjacks postard

Received blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1987

June 13

Calgary Flames acquired defenseman Ric Nattress from St. Louis in exchange for two draft choices.

89/90 OP # 300

Obtained blue ink sig IP. (not by me, but from Ric's sister for me)

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And in Brantford Flashback news

25 years ago 1989

Wayne, Janet and Paulina will be in town this Saturday as hosts of the Wayne Gretzky Celebrity Sports Classic. Athletes and entertainers will be coming to Brantford to play a charity softball game to raise money for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

This was one of the major events I attended in the 80's to get autographs. I've recounted a few tales in various previous posts here on my blog.

This Day in NHL History 1969

June 12

In the NHL Amateur draft held in Montreal, the Montreal Canadiens used the first overall pick to select Rejean Houle.

81/82 OPC # 183

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1980

June 11

In the NHL Entry draft held in Montreal, the Canadiens used the #1 pick overall to select Doug Wickenheiser.

81/82 OPC # 193 RC

Received blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1974

June 10

New York Rangers claimed Walt Mckechnie from the Oakland Seals in the Intra-League Draft.

73/74 OPC # 154

Obtained black sharpie sig IP.
Love that green border that goes with the Seals unis.

This Day in NHL History 1992

June 09

Boston Bruins hired Brian Sutter as their new head coach, replacing Rick Bowness, who had been released the day before.

78/79 OPC # 319

Obtained black sharpie sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1999

June 08

Ottawa Senators named Marshall Johnston as their new General Manager. The move came one day after Rick Dudley left the team to take the same post with Tampa Bay.

72/73 OPC # 171

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1989

June 07

Hartford Whalers hired Rick Ley (their former captain) as their new head coach, replacing Larry Pleau.

90/91 ProSet # 666

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1986

June 06

Boston Bruins obtained Cam Neely and Vancouver's first round choice in the 1987 Entry Draft (which they used to select Glen Wesley) from Vancouver, in exchange for Barry Pederson.

84/85 OPC # 327 RC

Obtained black sharpie TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1975

June 05

Detroit Red Wings obtained Bryan Hextall from the Atlanta Flames, in exchange for Dave Kryskow.

73/74 OPC # 43

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

An update on my May 31 post.

Hamilton city council has approved a motion to look into Harry Howell with some kind of recognition. There appeared to be a groundswell of support after the story appeared.. I'll keep you updated on any developments. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed support.

This Day in NHL History 1991

June 04

Boston Bruins named Rick Bowness as their new coach, replacing Mike Milbury, who had resigned to become assistant GM of the Bruins a week earlier.

81/82 OPC # 361

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1981

June 03

Bob Berry was named new head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, replacing Claude Ruel.

71/72 OPC # 76

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 2003

June 02

Montreal Canadiens named Bob Gainey Executive Vice-President and General Manager, replacing Andre Savard, who became the Assistant G.M.

84/85 OPC # 261

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1993

June 01

Hartford Whalers acquired veteran defenseman Brad McCrimmon from Detroit, in exchange for future sixth round draft pick.

82/83 OPC #255

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This marks the start of another month of This Day in NHL History. For those new readers or anyone who missed the start, here's the story. On April 9th, I posted the first in this series. What I'm doing is trying to highlight an autographed card from my collection for that particular day. So far, I have not missed a day since then. I don't know how long I can go before I have nothing to show. By the time next April rolls around, it will be interesting to see what my total will be. Until then, hope everyone is enjoying seeing these.