This Day in NHL History 1995 July 31/Monthly Update

July 31

New York Rangers traded Jay Wells to the St. Louis Blues, in exchange for Doug Lidster.

87/88 Vancouver Canucks team issue

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

Another month bites the dust. So, how did I do on this on-going project.  I started in April and am posting autographs from my collection for an event that happened each day of the month. Hence the title, This Day in NHL history.

April  22/22
          May   31/31     
   June  30/30   
July  30/31

Finally been skunked. 123/124 days. I didn't think with this being the off-season  that it would be this good.  C,mon August.

Thanks for reading.

This Day in NHL History 1982 July 30

July 30

Pittsburgh Penguins signed Marty McSorley as a free agent.

91/92 Score English #217

Obtained black sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1997 July 29

July 29

Boston Bruins signed free agent defenseman Dave Ellett, who had split the 1996-97 season with Toronto and New Jersey.

87/88 OPC # 35

Obtained black sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1997 July 28

July 28

Vancouver Canucks announced the signing of free agent Mark Messier, who had been with the New York Rangers.

Received black marker auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1986 July 27

July 27

Free agent, and veteran defenseman Dave Lewis signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings, after leaving the New Jersey Devils.

74/75 OPC #324

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1993 July 26

July 26

Washington Capitals signed free agent Keith Acton to a one year contract.

84/85 OPC #93

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1988 July 25

July 25

Philadelphia Flyers traded Greg Smyth to the Quebec Nordiques, along with a 3rd round draft pick in 1989, in exchange for Terry Carkner.

Received black marker sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 2001 July 24

July 24

Colorado Avalanche signed free agent defenseman Todd Gill.

87/88 Leafs P.L.A.Y.Set

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1976 July 23

July 23

New York Rangers signed native New Yorker (from Staten Island) Nick Fotiu as a free agent.

80/81 OPC #184

Recieved blue ink sig TTM

This Day in NHL History 2004 July 22

July 22

Chicago Blackhawks signed free agent Jassen Cullimore, who had been with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

91/92  UD #RC# 72

Obtained blue sharpie IP

This Day in NHL History 1992 July 21

July 21, 1992  

Tampa Bay Lightning signed veteran Chris Kontos and John Tucker as a free agent.

83/84 Kitchener Ranger P.L.A.Y. #20

Received blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1998 July 20

July 20

Colin Campbell, the former New York Rangers coach, was appointed NHL senior vice-president and director of hockey operations. Campbell replaced Brian Burke, who had resigned a month earlier to become Vancouver Canucks' G.M.

76/77 OPC #372

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1999 July 19

July 19

New York Rangers signed free agent defenseman Sylvain Lefebvre.

90/91 UD #421 RC 

Obtained blue sharpie sig  IP.

I'm headed off for some time at the cottage with friends. Will be away for a week so will have to catch up then. Unless blogger publishes my posts for when I have them scheduled.

This Day in NHL History 2002 July 18

July 18

Toronto Maple Leafs acquired the rights to defenseman Robert Svehla from the Florida Panthers, in exchange for defenseman Dmitry Yushkevich.

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92/93 UD #570 YG RC
Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1984 July 17

July 17

Washington Capitals signed center Paul Gardner as a free agent.

St Catherines Saints postcard.

Received blue ink auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1988 July 16

July 16

Wayne Gretzky married actress Janet Jones before a crowd of 700 people in Edmonton.

Obtained black sharpie signatures of both Wayne and Janet IP. And I honestly don't know where my right hand is. Really..

This Day in NHL History 1981 July 15

July 15

The Winnipeg Jets obtained Brent Ashton from Vancouver, then traded Ashton and Winnipeg's 3rd round choice (Dave Kasper) in the 1982 Entry Draft to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Lucien DeBlois.

Received black marker auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1989 July 14

July 14

Los Angeles Kings signed Rick Wilson as an assistant coach.

74/75 OPC # 284 RC

Received blue ink signed card TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1950 July 13

July 13

In one of hockey's biggest trades, Detroit traded Pete Babando, Harry Lumley, Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury and Don Morrison to Chicago for Jim Henry, Bob Goldham, Gaye Stewart, and Metro Prystai.

Received blue ink signed index card TTM.

This Day in NHL History July 12

July 12, 2000

New York Rangers named Ron Low as their new head coach, along with Ted Green and Walt Kyle as his assistants.

Received blue ink signed postcard TTM.

Starting again. Will see how far I can get this streak to.

Olio

Its a mixture of baseball things.(and a little hockey)

Received this Jose Reyes bobblehead from one of my daughters.

 She attended the June 8th game versus the Cardinals and this was the SGA.
Still in the package so unfortunately, Jose can not you see.

 A few days after this (for Fathers's Day), I received tickets to the August 21st game against the Yankees. The SGA that day will be a Blue Jays l/s baseball shirt.  Will have a good time with my 3 daughters.

Received a few packages in the mail. My "winnings" from David at Tribecards arrived, a nice white 200 count box full of cards. (196 to be exact). David opened a pack of cards a day during last years entire season. Basically, you picked players for your team and if that card was in the pack, you got it. There was a draft for unclaimed cards so you could try to claim the card that was pulled. I picked mostly Blue Jays, with some Can-Con and Japanese players.

 I claimed the only "hit" , a Mickey Rivers 2006 Topps Team Topps autograph.

There were minis, bigs, shinies and vintage, oh my.

A lot of new cards for my Blue Jays collection.
Alas, this year I'm not doing so great.

Received from Chris at Nachos Grande my winnings from one of his contests. Got a whack of Jays cards to add to my collection.

 He also included some unopened hockey packs, 90/91 ProSet series 1 and 91/92 Score.

And some custom minis.  The signed one of Chris along with Ryan, the creator of the cards. Cancon content with Gretzky and Votto.





And from Greg @ Night Owl Cards, received these great baseball winnings from this contest. Starting to add to my vintage collection.

 He also included some hockey cards

JediJeff at 2 x 3 heroes has kept my Blue Jays collection growing with his PWE's.

Just a small sampling of the goods. Love em all.
And on the hockey front.

An update on the Harry Howell story.

Fast track for Harry Howell arena naming

http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/4623340-fast-track-for-harry-howell-arena-naming/



Stanley Cup appearances in the area

As I surmised, 

Jake Muzzin will have his day with the Stanley Cup July 27 in Woodstock

http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2014/07/03/jake-muzzin-will-have-his-day-with-the-stanley-cup-july-27-in-woodstock

Stanley Cup is Norfolk bound

http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2014/07/03/stanley-cup-is-norfolk-bound

It also appears that something is in the works for both Rob Blake and John Stevens.

Of course, the way things work out, I'll be away on holidays the week of July 21st and back to work the week of July 28th. Might be able to make the Muzzin event.

This Day in NHL History July 11

July 11 

Like Doug Jarvis, the streak is over. I knew the day would come but not when. After 93 straight days of posting an autographed item from my collection, I have nothing. I could add Bill Barber as today is his birthday. But I did that project two years ago. No trades or free agent signings have I. Well, I'll continue on tomorrow and see how far I can advance before my next shutout. In place of this, I'll post something a little later to assuage my faithful followers.

This Day in NHL History 1957 July 10

July 10

Detroit Red Wings obtained goalie Terry Sawchuk from Boston, in exchange for Johnny Bucyk.

Received black ink promo postcard TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1998 July 9

July 09

Dallas Stars acquired Tony Hrkac from Nashville, in exchange for future considerations.

89/90 OPC# 64

Received blue ink sig TTM

This Day in NHL History 1996 July 8

July 08, 1996

Los Angeles Kings signed free agent Ed Olczyk.

87/88 Leafs Police Set #9

Received black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 2004 July 7

July 07

Colorado Avalanche hired Joel Quenneville as their new head coach, replacing Tony Granto, who remained as an assistant coach.

80/81 OPC #19

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1983 July 6

July 06

Boston Bruins signed free agent Geoff Courtnall after his WHL career with Victoria. Courtnall went on to star for Boston, Edmonton, Washington, St. Louis and Vancouver.

91/92 UD #467

Obtained blue sharpie sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1983 July 5/SERENITY NOW

July 05

Washington traded Dennis Maruk to the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for Minnesota's second round choice (Stephen Leach) in the 1984 Entry Draft.

84/85 OPC #101

Received black ink sig TTM.

This Day in History 1979 July 4

July 04

Toronto Maple Leafs named Punch Imlach as their new General Manager, replacing Jim Gregory. It was Imlach's second tour of duty as Leafs' GM.

64/65 Topps #45

Received blue ink auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1991

July 03

Vancouver's Stan Smyl announced his NHL retirement. Smyl retired as the Canucks' all-time leader in games (896), goals (262), assists (411) and total points (673). He was named as a new assistant coach with the team.

84/85 OPC # 330

Received black ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1980 /Update

July 02

Philadelphia Flyers signed Ron Flockhart as a free agent.

83/84 OPC #264
Received blue ink sig IP.

UPDATE

Another month completed in my little posting project. April-22 posts, May -31 posts and June 30 posts. So far have not missed a day posting an autographed item from my collection for a (mostly) NHL happening on this date in NHL History.  Again, starting to get tougher , so we'll check back at the end of the month to see how I did. Enjoy.

This Day in NHL History 1998 /Happy Canada Day

July 01

Previously on Canada Day

The following takes place between 4:00
pm  and 5:00 pm.

Today is Canada Day  (renamed in 1982 from Dominion Day) here well, in Canada. It celebrates the anniversary of the July 1, 1867 enactment of the Constitution Act1867(formerly the British North America Act 1867). Hard to keep my statutory holidays straight now with all these changes but that is today's history lesson.

And now, today's NHL history.

San Jose Sharks signed unrestricted free agent Gary Suter, who had been with Chicago.

88/89 OPC# 43

Received blue ink autograph TTM.