This Day in NHL History 2000 Feb 28

February 28

Matthew Barnaby had the only goal for the Penguins in a 1-1 tie with the Senators in Pittsburgh.

93/94 Pinnacle # 216

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 2000 Feb 27

February 27

Marty McInnis had 1 goal and PIM 2 as the Ducks beat the Oilers 3-2 in Anaheim.

95/95 Score # 217

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1997 Feb 26

February 26

Ray Scapinello became the first official in NHL history to work 2,000 regular season games, when the Washington Capitals beat the Maple Leafs 3-1 in Toronto.

AP Laserphoto from Apr 30, 1990 game

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1976 Feb 25

February 25

Dave Maloney tied the Rangers' record for most penalty minutes in a game. He picked up 33 as the Rangers lost 6-4 to the Oakland Seals.

76/77 OPC # 181 RC

Obtained black ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1983 Feb 24

February 24

Rookie Jamie Macoun scored his first career NHL goal in a Flames' 4-2 loss vs Washington.

84/85 OPC # 230 RC

Obtained black marker sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1983 Feb 23

February 23

NY Rangers' Mark Pavelich became the first U.S. born player to score 5 goals in a game, in an 11-3 victory over the Hartford Whalers. The 5 goals tied a Rangers record set by Don Murdoch in 1976-77. It was Pavelich's second career hat trick.

80/81 OPC # 204

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1989 Feb 22

February 22

Los Angeles Kings traded Mark Fitzpatrick, Wayne McBean and future considerations (Doug Crossman) to the New York Islanders in exchange for Kelly Hrudey.

82/83 OPC # 63 RC

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1976 Feb 21

February 21

Pierre Larouche scored his third career hat trick and added an assist and Lowell MacDonald got his 5th (and final) career hat trick in the Penguins' 10-1 win against the Black Hawks, at the Civic Arena.

Black and white photo. One of the first I received and framed and matted it.

Obtained black ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1987 Feb 20

February 20

Winnipeg's Doug Smail scored his first career hat trick and added an assist, and Paul MacLean had a goal and four assists as the Jets won 6-2 against the visiting Boston Bruins.

Team issued colour postcard

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1983 Feb 19

February 19

Roland Melanson recorded his first NHL shutout to lead the Islanders to a 5-0 win against Montreal at the Nassau Coliseum.

83/84 OPC # 12

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1978 Feb 18

February 18

Barclay Plager coached his first game for St. Louis, a 4-3 Blues win over the Canucks in St. Louis. Plager replaced Leo Boivin, and helped the Blues end their team-record 12 game winless streak (0-10-2).

74/75 OPC # 87

Obtained black ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1994 Feb 17

February 17

San Jose's Gaetan Duchesne had one assist but  Quebec's Mike Ricci scored five goals (his first career hat trick), tying a club record, as the Nordiques won 8-2 over the Sharks at San Jose. It was the only five-goal game of the 1993-94 season.

87/88 or 88/89 team issue postcard

Obtained black sharpie auto TTM.

#walletcard's most excellent weekend

#walletcard ventures out into the -30 C temperatures this (long) weekend.

Saturday was Upper Deck's National Hockey Card Day. We already had a full day planned so I could only stop in to Toy's R Us and pick up one sheet. 

So we got a good assortment of heroes, rookies and pride of Canada cards. I'm going to have to track down the rest.

After getting the rest of our things done, it was time for a Valentine's Day meal. We stopped off at Jack Astors Bar and Grill.

Here's #walletcard Rick contemplating the Holy Smoke BBQ burger with Yukon Gold french fries. Those aren't the Macho Nachos starters in the back. (hehehe)

Monday here in Ontario we celebrate Family Day.  I don't have to work. (yay). The one event we're going to today is to meet 2012 Olympic bronze medallist  Mark Oldershaw.

Here we are waiting in line to get his autograph.

And now a close-up look at his Olympic bronze. Now that was nice. I picked it up and held it for a bit. Big and heavy. I would like to have one of those.

Now it's time for an afternoon nap. 

This Day in NHL History 2001 Feb 16

February 16

Mathieu Schneider became the first defenseman in NHL history to score a goal against all 30 NHL teams, when he connected in a 4-0 Kings' win against the Wild in Minnesota. Jamie Storr recorded his 11th career shutout.

95/96 Score # 206

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1992 Feb 15

February 15

Minnesota North Stars retired Bill Goldsworthy's uniform #8 in a pre game ceremony before a 5-2 win against Pittsburgh.

74/75 OPC # 220

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1977 Feb 14

February 14

Rene Robert scored his 4th career hat trick and an assist to lead the Sabres to a 7-2 win over the Maple Leafs at the Aud. It was Robert's second hat trick in two nights.

75/75 OPC # 142

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1990 Feb 13

February 13

Bryan Trottier became the 15th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals (and just the second to score 500 in an Islanders' uniform); the milestone occured in a 4-2 Islanders loss to Rick Wamsley and the Calgary Flames.

90/91 UD # 10

Obtained blue sharpie auto TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1988 Feb 12

February 12

Gerard Gallant scored his second career hat trick on Bob Sauve as the Red Wings won 4-3 against the New Jersey Devils, in Detroit.

82/83 OPC # 34

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1989 Feb 11

February 11

Quebec's Robert Picard scored the 100th goal of his 12-year NHL career, as the Nordiques won 8-1 over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins.

84/85 OPC # 3345

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1977 Feb 10

February 10

Bill Barber scored a goal and added four assists in the Flyers' 9-2 win against the Caps, at the Spectrum. Philadelphia outshot Washington 46-18.

84/85 OPC # 156

Obtained blue ink sig TTM.

This Day in NHL History 1995 Feb 9

February 09

Philadelphia obtained John LeClair, Eric Desjardins, and Gilbert Dionne from Montreal, in exchange for Mark Recchi and Philadelphia's 3rd round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft.

92/93 Classic Pro Prospects #  87

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1994 Feb 8

February 08

Derek King had one assist as the Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1, before a crowd of only 2,966 fans, the smallest home attendance in NY Islanders' history (due to a blizzard).

90/91 UD # 407

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

#walletcard at Hockey Day in Brant County 2015

Legends Tap House and Grill  once again hosted Hockey Day in Brant County (2015) and we were there.

There was a hockey skills game where you could dsiplay your shooting prowess.

You could also win tickets to tonight's Leafs game against the Oilers.

But #walletcard Rick and I were there to get former NHL'er Curtis Joseph's autograph. Here's part of the line-up where he was signing.

Before the signing, myself and two friends were out front of the restaurant talking. Cujo got dropped off and came over for a little chat. He then went inside to get ready.

Here's what I got signed.

I also informed him of the fact that according to Zistle, he has 1472 different cards. He made me repeat the number . He said he didn't know that and was something he wanted to remember.  With these cards, I now need 1464 cards of his to get autographed. And that will happen when 

This Day in NHL History 1988 Feb 7

February 07

Rookie Joe Nieuwendyk scored his 40th goal of the season, to break Eric Vail's 13-year old Flames' team record for goals by a rookie, in a 5-2 Calgary win at Los Angeles.

82/83 OPC # 97

Obtained red ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1983 Feb 6

February 06

Goaltender Richard Sevigny recorded his third career shutout as the Canadiens won 2-0 against the Jets, at Winnipeg.

80/81 OPC # 385 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

More from REF4RETT game

REF4RETT Raises $25,000

Full story here

Besides this great poster, I got a few of my items signed.

Vol 2 # 6 1994 Ottawa Senators "Bodycheck" magazine signed by Dave McLlwain

91/92 ProSet # 363 and 90/91 ProSet # 426 signed by Ric Nattress. He signed with his # 2 that he wore with the Leafs, not # 6 with the Flames.

91/92 OPC # 515 and 91/92 OPC insert # 23R signed by Dmitri Mironov.. He signed with his Leafs # 15 , not his Red Army # 2.

Poster signed by Bill Derlago. The guys had fun with this one. Noticing it was 1985, Tom Fergus asked Bill if that made him 100. Bill kidded Mike Krushelnyski that he may have 2 Cups but not the Molson Cup.

Joked about not being able to stand up.

Checked to see who the Ranger was (Kris King)

Said he scored from behind the goal line

Signed and was busy talking about the next picture.

Mark wanted to show everyone  that he could make the split save.  Fergus asked him how long it took him to get off his knees.

Lou let out a few choice words and then caught himself. The older couple behind me said it was a good thing there were mature ears listening.

Kevin was wondering where his head went to.

He put on his glasses to see who the Capitals player was (John Druce).

A few more signed wirephotos for my collection. One of the good things around here is the Leafs alumni play a lot. The downside is it's usually the same players playing so opportunities for new player autographs are few.

And for some guys, it's hard to find some wirephotos. I have probably 10,000 covering the 88/89, 89/90 and 90/91 seasons. Now if the player only played a few games, the odds aren't great he was captured on film. The Shannon might be the only one I have and was lucky to find the Maguire's. I can find multiples of the others though.

Well that was my Saturday night. Next Saturday, Curtis Joseph will be signing and I hope to get there.

This Day in NHL History 1980 Feb 5

February 05

The Prince of Wales Conference defeated the Clarence Campbell Conference 6-3 in the 32nd Annual NHL All-Star Game in Detroit. Steve Payne had a goal and an assist but over 21,000 fans witnessed the return of Gordie Howe, who got an assist on the final goal of the game.

81/82 OPC # 166 RC

Obtained blue ink sig IP.

This Day in NHL History 1996 Feb 4

February 04

Blackhawks' Brent Sutter scored his 350th NHL career goal, and had an assist as Chicago won 4-1, at Anaheim.

83/84 OPC # 18

Obtained black sharpie auto IP.

This Day in NHL History 1993 Feb 3

February 03

Islanders' Steve Thomas scored his 200th NHL career goal as New York won 3-2, at Toronto.

95/96 UD Collectors Choice # 248

Obtained blue sharpie auto IP.

#walletcard's busy weekend

After being cooped up in my wallet for the week, #walletcard kept busy this weekend. Saturday night we went to a hockey game and the Toronto Maple Leafs won a game.

The Leafs alumni that is.

It was a benefit game to raise awareness of RETT Syndrome. It was started by OHA referee Kevin Morton, who's daughter has this. You can read more at REF4RETT

#walletcard Rick was there to see his self in person. The game had a really great idae. They were selling these posters for $1.00 and you could walk through the line and get it signed by the alumni. As you may notice, the Rick Vaive slot is blank.  He did play in the game but due to timing and a previous commitment, he could not stay after the game. #walletcard Rick was unhappy but there will always be another time.

I did get more autographs which I will share another time. I also have some good stories to tell of the players when they signed my items.

Sunday was an outing for entertainment of another kind.

We had tickets to see the  granddaughters in their dance recital for the Burford Dancers Dance Studio. (same town that current NHL'er Adam Henrique grew up in)

They seem to enjoy it which is the main thing. And I know we enjoyed it too.