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First and Last: Charlie Simmer 🏒
Rookie: 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee / Topps (Kings)
Final: 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee (Penguins)
5 years after being drafted, Simmer finally reached cardboard then scored 56 goals in back-to-back years with L.A.’s Triple Crown Line.
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On Nov. 2, 1977, Dennis Maruk scored ALL FOUR Cleveland Barons goals in a 4-4 tie with St. Louis.
He became just the fourth NHL player to score at least four goals while accounting for his team's entire offense in a game. #NHLHistory #ClevelandBarons
Mickey Redmond scored just two NHL playoff goals. His last was an overtime winner.
On April 13, 1969, his power-play goal at 4:55 of OT gave Montreal a 4–3 win over Boston and a 2–0 semifinal series lead.
#NHLHistory #GoHabsGo
First and Last: Dickie Moore 🏒
Rookie: 1952-53 Parkhurst
Final: 1962-63 Parkhurst
Both show him with Montreal. His later comebacks with Toronto and St. Louis produced no new cards during his playing career.
Six Stanley Cups. Two Art Ross Trophies.
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On Nov. 1, 1985, Buffalo rookie Daren Puppa made a stunning NHL debut: 37 saves and a 2-0 shutout of the defending champion Edmonton Oilers. Ten of those saves came against Wayne Gretzky. #NHLHistory #Sabres
Rick Dudley 2. St. Louis 0.
On Oct. 26, 1974, Dudley scored both Buffalo goals, with Peter McNab and Brian Spencer assisting on each.
Gary Bromley made 21 saves for his first NHL shutout.
Dudley finished the season with a career-high 70 points.
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Andre Lacroix scored once in each period on October 22, 1969, earning his first NHL hat trick as Philadelphia beat Toronto 4–3 at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Jean-Guy Gendron assisted on all three. Bernie Parent made 32 saves.
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First and Last: Ken Wharram 🏒
Rookie: 1958-59 Topps
Final: 1969-70 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
All 766 NHL games with Chicago. A 1961 Stanley Cup champion and 1964 Lady Byng winner, Wharram retired before his final card’s season after a myocarditis diagnosis.
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On Oct. 31, 1987, Marcel Dionne scored his 700th NHL goal for the Rangers, joining only Gordie Howe and Phil Esposito at that milestone. It came in an 8-2 loss to the Islanders but put Dionne in elite company. #NHLHistory #NYR
Down 5–2 in their 1986–87 opener, the Hartford Whalers scored four unanswered to beat Calgary 6–5. Joel Quenneville delivered the winner, shorthanded with 20 seconds left, on his only shot of the game.
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Hockey birthday spotlight: Phil Goyette and Eric Nesterenko
Phil Goyette was born 93 years ago Oct. 31, 1933 in Lachine, QC. Phil passed away earlier this year at the age of 92.
Eric Nesterenko was born 93 years ago on Oct. 31, 1933 in Flin Flon, MB. Eric passed away in 2022 at the age of 88.
April 12, 1979: Sittler at 4:04. Sittler at 4:16. Ellis at 4:27.
Three Leafs goals in 23 seconds, an NHL playoff record.
Toronto beat Atlanta 7-4 to sweep their preliminary-round series, then fell to Montreal in four straight.
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First and Last: Mike Liut 🏒
Rookie: 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee & Topps (Blues)
Final: 1992-93 Topps & Score (Capitals)
Liut won the 1981 Lester B. Pearson Award and finished runner-up to Wayne Gretzky for the Hart Trophy. His last NHL action came in 1991-92.
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