Hockey Daily Card Herald
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Born St. George, Ont., Dec. 13, 1937. 6, 180. Shoots right. Don played full season as Ranger in 1960-61 after being drafted from WHL, but needed more experience. Aided Baltimore to playoffs in first year in AHL last season.
What Was First N.H.L. Rink to Install Escalators?
Derek was an all-star in Junior "A" last season for Niagara Falls Flyers, where he scored 41 goals and had 60 assists. Has the talent to make the big step from Junior "A" to the N.H.L. this year.
LeClair concluded his college career at the University of Vermont by being named to the 1991 ECAC Second All-Star Team. LeClair, who turned pro with Montreal at the end of 1990-91, appeared in both the Stanley Cup and AHL playoffs the following season.
A succession of injuries detoured Bert Marshall in 1966-67 after he nearly won the National Hockey League's rookie of the year award the year before. He's out of Western Canada and played junior hockey for the Edmonton Oil Kings.
HOCKEY TRIVIA
Q: How Often has Maurice Richard Made All-Stars?
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One of the outstanding juniors produced by the OHA, "Big Chief" Armstrong sparkled in AHL competition with Pittsburgh before coming to Maple Leafs. So far, however, Army hasn't reached his peak, with the Leafs, especially when he was playing right wing. Last year, Coach King Clancy moved him back to the pivot slot and George seemed to feel more at home.
Rocket Richard holds the record for most goals scored (12) in one Stanley Cup series.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT
45 goals
Born Lethbridge, Alta., Oct. 25, 1934. 5'11", 182. Shoots left. Earl starred in two top minor leagues before blossoming as a regular center with Rangers. Has 45 goals in last two NHL years. Plays baseball in summer.
VINTAGE SPOTLIGHT
Second high man on Scouts with 70 minutes of penalty time. Led the AHL by scoring 10 playoff goals for Hershey in 1974. Seven of his goals last season came on power play.
Who hires refs and linesmen? The NHL
Once before, the NHL had a brilliant center of French extraction whose nickname was "Pit" and that was Pit Lepine of the Canadiens. The Red Wing youngster's given first name is Hubert, but it's seldom used. Pit showed great promise as a rookie last season.
Gord is one of the few players to be traded for a coach; his rights were transferred to Quebec in 1983 when St. Louis signed Jacques Demers. Gord began his pro career as a right wing but converted to defense. In Winnipeg in 1989-90, he was plus-3 in six playoff games, with one assist. While scoring less in 1989-90, Gord made a dramatic improvement in his plus/minus rating, from minus-20 in 1988-89 to plus-3 in 1989-90. He now wears jersey no. 34.
Smallish goalie hit the jackpot as rookie last season. Hard-working, acrobatic, he got mid-season Miamr break and came back strong. Succeeded Terry Sawchuk.
Whom did Hawks acquire in deal for Crozier?
RETRO CORNER
Starting his 12th year with Canadiens, Jean Guy was possibly overshadowed on defence by the great Doug Harvey, but since Doug left Jean Guy has proven he is a star in his own right. An effective penalty killer, Jean Guy is often used as a forward to "beef up" the offense.
This clever little goalie is known as "Gump" throughout the Hockey World. He was acclaimed as the Rookie-of-the-Year in the National Hockey League in 1952-53. After going back to Vancouver, he has made a fine comeback as a Big League Goalie. Blessed with sharp reflexes, he is very hard to fool. In the summer "Gump" is well known around Montreal as a soccer star.
The Art Ross Trophy is awarded at the end of each season to the National Hockey League player who leads the League in Total Points.
Stan's 1980-81 statistics included 6 power play goals, one short handed goal, 2 game winning goals and 2 game tying goals for the Canucks. He has a "gung-ho" style of play, inspirational to his teammates the past 3 seasons.
On October 31, 1978 he scored 3 goals and 2 assists as Islanders defeated Colorado Rockies, 8-5.
The Islanders joined the NHL the same season as the Atlanta Flames.
MODERN ERA
Born Oswego, NY, November 6, 1978. 6'1", 200. Shoots left. A former standout All-American at Clarkson (ECAC), Erik was one of the best two-way players on the 2000-01 Cincinnati Cyclones, although a knee injury cost him a dozen games.
Who holds the all time assists lead for left wingers? ANS: Boston's John Bucyk, 813
Acquired by the Hurricanes in exchange for Josef Vasicek in July 2006, Walker departed Nashville as the franchise's all-time leader in goals (96), points (247) and PIM (465) entering the 2006-07 season.
Was winner of the Art Ross Trophy for the 1975-76 season. Was selected on the NHL First Team All-Star Team in 1974-75 and 1975-76 and was voted to the
fans' team last season. Scored 12 goals in 1975 playoffs.
Guy was winner of 1976 Seagrams Seven Crowns of Sports Award.
80s-90s ERA
4th Rd. Draft Choice (69th overall) 1980 Entry Draft. 1st NHL Goal, 10-18-80 vs. Islanders Billy Smith. Member of Campbell Conference squad in All Star Game, 1983 and 1984. Holds Oiler team records for "Most Goals 1 Season, by a Rookie" and "Most Assists - 1 Season by a Rookie". Scored 5 goals, 11-19-83, vs. New Jersey.
Past winner of Calder and Lady Byng trophies as top rookie and for clean, effective play. Camille is smallest player in NHL but also one of smartest. NHL total of 227 goals in ten years attests to that. Camille's weight ranges from 145 to 150 pounds.
Born Wetaskiwin, Alta, Dec. 2, 1933. 5'9", 160. Shoots left. Val is one of smoothest skaters in NHL, used as penalty-killer with Wings until Rangers drafted him last June. Val's speed makes him dangerous on breakaways.
Is There Automatic Fine for Misconduct Penalty?
A first-team All-Star berth was won by Tim last season, at 38 years-of-age. Horton has 95 career goals and played his 1,000th NHL game (all with Toronto) last season. Tim has a blistering slap shot and is a key man on the Leaf's power play.
Tim owns a chain of donut shops.
CLASSIC vs. MODERN
CLASSIC ERA
He's Mr. Goalie in Chicago. Admits to extreme nervousness before games, but hasn't missed one in seven years. No other goalie in all history has played that many consecutively. Three times was named to first all-star team.
MODERN ERA
Richard established a single-season high in goals in 2002-03. Two goals came on the power play, two were shorthanded, and he had three game winners.
A veteran of nine years of NHL play, Klukay is a down-to-earth, honest workman type of player that is a blessing to every club when the going is rough. Never a prolific scorer, Kluke only managed 8 goals but kept the opposition from scoring about 3 times that many. He has a knack of getting and keeping the puck for long periods of time, and is very effective in a penalty-killing role.
The J. P. Bickell Cup is awarded annually to the Leaf judged most valuable to his team.