Back to hockey cards for today's post. Here's how the 74-5 season finished up in the NHL with respect to stats for goals, assist, points, etc. Check out the back showing Bobby Orr's total of 46 goals, as a defenceman, on one knee.
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Hound Dog Kelly
The Broad Street Bullies had their share of colourful characters. One of these was Bob "Hound Dog" Kelly. A scrapper to go with a bunch of other Flyer scrappers, Kelly played a lot like Tie Domi in later years with the Leafs. I remember him skating at crazy speeds chasing opponents "doggedly". Thus the …
Playing Hockey Cards – Leaners and Life
In my last post, I wrote about the art of playing with hockey cards as a kid. I covered only one game - closest-to-the-wall. In this post, I cover leaners. Leaners was a slight derivation from closest-to-the-wall. Two or more guys would fire cards at a wall from 5-10 feet away and try and …
Playing Hockey Cards – Closest to the Wall Wins
When I was a kid growing up in the 'borough, it was a very popular pastime to "play hockey cards" before school, at recess, during lunch and after school. These cards were the ones that featured our favourite NHL'ers of the day. They came in packs of 10 or 20 I think, with a piece …
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“Hail Cesare!”
Yes, the fans used to actually chant that when Cesare Maniago, the Minnesota North Stars main man in the cage in their early years was on his game. Is there a greater name than Cesare Maniago? I think not. I remember this goalie from the 70's mostly because of his elegant name and a little …
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