This Day in NHL History 1987 Jan 31

January 31

Jimmy Fox scored twice, including the 400th point of his NHL career in a 5-3 Kings' loss at Montreal.

81/82 OPC # 153 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1969 Jan 30

January 30

Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Bryan Watson, George Swarbrick and Tracy Pratt from the Oakland Seals in exchange for Earl Ingarfield, Gene Ubriaco and Dick Mattiussi.

mid 80's Team issued postcard

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1991 Jan 29

January 29

Chicago obtained Tony McKegney from the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for goalie Jacques Cloutier. It marked McKegney's seventh NHL team in the previous six seasons (since 1984).

88/89 OPC # 4

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1988 Jan 28

January 28

Minnesota's General Manager Lou Nanne resigned after over 20 years with the club as a player, coach and GM. As General Manager, the North Stars had a record of 331-336-134, winning Norris Division titles in 1981-82 and 1983-84.

74/75 OPC # 325

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 2004 Jan 27

January 27

Tampa Bay Lightning acquired defenseman Darryl Sydor and a fourth-round draft pick in 2004 from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for center Alexander Svitov and a third-round draft pick in 2004.

95 UD BAP # 26

Pulled black sharpie auto from a pack.

This Day in NHL History 1988 Jan 26

January 26

Vancouver's Barry Pederson collected five assists in a 7-6 Canucks' loss at St. Louis.

82/83 PC # 20 RC

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

#walletcard goes shopping again

#walletcard goes outside  this week and goes shopping again 

Here's Rick helping me pick up some food up and also help me win a contest. I got a free coupon to pick up these Lou's meals, take a picture in the store and submit a picture eating the meal. This could be worth a $500.00 gift card. Maybe Rick and I don't win #walletcard but maybe free food.

This Day in NHL History 1947 Jan 25

January 25

New York's Chuck Rayner posted his fourth shutout of the season (and the 6th of his career) and nearly scored an empty-net goal as the Rangers beat Toronto 1-0. Rayner skated 30 feet up ice and fired the puck wide of the net.

52/53  Parkhurst # 22

Obtained black ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1981 Jan 24

January 24

Mario Tremblay scored his first career hat trick to lead the Canadiens to a 6-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers, at the Forum in Montreal.

84/85 OPC # 274

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1994 Jan 23

January 23

Quebec Nordiques traded Steve Duchesne and Denis Chasse to St. Louis in exchange for Garth Butcher, Ron Sutter and Bob Bassen.

late 80's team issued card

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1961 Jan 22

January 22

Rangers' Dean Prentice scored his third career hat trick as New York won 5-3 at Detroit.

57/58 Topps # 62

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1988 Jan 21

January 21

Phil Sykes had 1 goal on 1 shot and was a +2 as the Kings defeated the Flames 5-4 in OT.

86/87 OPC # 216 RC

Received black sharpie sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1982 Jan 20

January 20

Toronto traded Darryl Sittler to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Rich Costello, a second round draft pick in 1982 (Peter Ihnacak), and future considerations (Ken Strong).

83/84 OPC # 334 RC

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

Wallet card goes outside/2014 BIP Awards

After spending the week stuck inside my wallet, it was time for #walletcard to venture outdoors. Time to get some groceries at The Brantford Farmers market. We get most of our fruits and vegetable there. Here, Rick was inspecting the heads of lettuce to make the salad. Not very exciting for the first time out but hey, we did get out.

Over at A Cardboard Problem, Sooz is hosting the 2014 BIP Awards to celebrate the card collecting community on the blogosphere and social media. Go over and vote for your favourites.

This Day in NHL History 1991 Jan 19

January 19

Vincent Damphousse scored 4 goals in an 11-5 Campbell Conference win over the Wales at the NHL All Star Game in Chicago. 

Original wire photo dated Jan 19 1991 showing this accomplishment. I have around 40 signed wirephotos but they are mostly game action. This is one of the few actually showing a highlight from the game sheet.

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1978 Jan 18

January 18

Wayne Thomas got his 8th career shutout as the Rangers beat the Kings 3-0 at Los Angeles, to end their 11 game winless streak against the Kings (0-10-1).

78/79 OPC # 166

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1983 Jan 17

January 17

Boston's Pete Peeters recorded his 100th career NHL victory in the Bruins' 4-3 win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars. Tom Fergus scored the game winner at 19:46 of the third period, after picking up two assists earlier in the game.

original wire photo dated Nov 16 1988

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1990 Jan 16

January 16

Boston traded Ken Linseman to Philadelphia in exchange for Dave Poulin.

84/85 OPC # 165

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1981 Jan 15

January 15

Goaltender Dave Parro recorded the first shutout of his NHL career to lead the Capitals to a 3-0 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings.

82/83 OPC # 371 RC

Received blue marker sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1987 Jan 14

January 14

Roland Melanson got his first shutout with Los Angeles (the second of his career) as the Kings beat Vancouver, 4-0 at the Forum. It was Mike Murphy's first win as coach of the Kings, since replacing Pat Quinn.

83/84 OPC # 12 RC

Obtained blue ink auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1982 Jan 13

January 13

Rangers' rookie Steve Weeks recorded the first shutout of his NHL career in a 2-0 win over the North Stars, at Minnesota.

82/83 OPC # 234 RC

Received blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 2001 Jan 12

January 12

Colorado's Patrick Roy recorded his 51st career shutout as the Avalanche won 5-0 against the Wild in Minnesota.

colour postcard

Received black sharpie auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1988 Jan 11

January 11

Mark Hardy scored a goal, the 53rd of his career, to set a new career record for Kings' defenseman, in a 5-4 win over the North Stars at Minnesota.

83/84 OPC # 155

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 2001 Jan 10

January 10

Scotty Bowman, David Poile and Gary Bettman were named as the 2001 winners of the Lester Patrick Award, given each year for outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

8" x 10" colour photo from 2001

Obtained gold paint pen auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1972 Jan 9

January 09

Bill Lesuk scored the only hat trick of his NHL career, Serge Bernier had two goals and two assists and Gerry Foley added four assists in the Flyers' 10-3 win over the Oakland Seals at the Spectrum. Flyers scored six power play goals in the game.

76/77 OPC WHA # 121

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1981 Jan 8

January 08

Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Errol Thompson from Detroit in exchange for Gary McAdam.

81/82 OPC # 93

Obtained blue ink auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1981 Jan 7

January 07

Winnipeg rookie Doug Smail scored twice and added two assists as the Jets ended their team-record 18 game road winless streak (0-16-2) with an 8-2 win at Toronto.

82/83 OPC # 388 RC

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

Wallet Card

Somebody (Gavin of Baseball Card Breakdown) came up with the wallet card game. You can read the details over there. A lot of other bloggers have joined (The Writers Journey and Sportscards from the Dollar Store, to name a few), so am showing my entry.

First the wallet

Oops, wrong one. This is the one my wife says I have.

This is a Tilley--Genuine Leather-Made in Canada wallet. It has lots of wear and has plenty of room to house my card.

Usually full of plastic, credit and bank cards and loyalty cards. Right now, some Christmas money left to spend. 

And the honour goes to 

The man they called "Squid" Rick Vaive

84/85 OPC # 313 

Former Leafs captain and first in franchise history to score 50 goals in a season. I'm mainly a hockey guy (baseball, read Blue Jays, is secondary) That's enough for me to want this card to share my journey this year.

And the first stop is my workplace. Since I'm now working from home, the commute is short and the wear and tear on Mr. Vaive is minimal.

Now, back into the wallet. The visit is over and I have work to do.

This Day in WHA History 1973 Jan 6

January 06

The East beat the West 6-2 in the first WHA All-Star game, played in Quebec City.

Wayne Carleton was named MVP .

74/75 OPC WHA # 45

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 2004 Jan 5

January 05

Calgary's Jamie McLennan recorded his 13th career shutout in a 5-0 win against the Rangers at New York.

94/95 Classic Pro Prospects # 112

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1989 Jan 4

January 04

Peter Zezel had a goal in St. Louis's loss 4-2 loss to Detroit.

85/86 OPC # 24

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1987 Jan 3

January 03

Defenseman Rob Ramage picked up four assists to lead the Blues to a 7-4 win against the Flames in St. Louis.

84/85 OPC # 190

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1985 Jan 2

January 02

Islanders' Brent Sutter scored his 4th career hat trick to give him 100 goals in his NHL career, as New York won 7-2 at Detroit.

83/84 OPC # 18

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1988 Jan 1

Jan 1





First off, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. 2015, halfway into the decade. It seems like just yesterday when we were worried about Y2K. If you are too young to remember, you can look it up here and see what the hysteria was all about.

And to start off the year, I am now sitting at 263/267. Just to refresh your mind on my project, I'm running a This Day in NHL History (with a little WHA and Team Canada thrown in) theme. I'm trying to post an autographed card from my collection of something that occurred on that particular day. This is somewhat similar to my Todays Birthday theme from a couple of years ago. With just under 100 more days to go, my success rate is higher than I anticipated. It also got me to start using Zistle to inventory my collection. So far, it shows I have 85,519 hockey cards out of 104,480 cards input. Hope to have the rest added sometime this year. Fun times to be had.

Now, this is what you've all been waiting for. 

This Day in NHL History 1988 Jan 1

Doug Bodger had one of Pittsburgh's goals in a 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals.

85/86 OPC # 38 RC

Obtained black sharpie sig TTM.