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TTM Success: Vincent Riendeau
Vincent Riendeau played in 184 games over the course of a eight year career. Riendeau's career was looking up after the 1990-91 season. He was 29-9-6 while playing in 44 games with the St. Louis...
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TTM Success: Matt Calvert
Matt Calvert helped me set a new record. It's a dubious one. A 432 day return, my longest so far. What I find most interesting is that I sent this to the Columbus Blue Jackets at the start of the...
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TTM Success: Ryane Clowe
Ryane Clowe, that's Ryane with an "e". I didn't get a response to my first letter to Ryane. It's possible that me spelling his name "Ryan" might have had something to do with that. On the positive...
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Merry Chirstmas!
There's no NHL hockey, but the World Junior Championship starts tonight, or tomorrow morning, depending on where you live. Santa's ready for some hockey. Are you?
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Lost Rookies: Frank Caprice - with Q&A
Frank Caprice played 102 NHL games over six NHL seasons, all with the Vancouver Canucks. Caprice spent the majority of his career as a back-up, battling incumbent "King" Richard Broduer and injuries...
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The Lost Cards: Jiri Crha
O-Pee-Chees sets of the early 80s are known for their poor pictures, especially of the goalies. In the 1981-82 OPC set, there are 32 goalie cards. Out of the 32, there are 22 on which the goalie is...
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TTM: Pierre Sevigny
With the World Juniors in full swing, let's post a return from '91 WJC grad, Pierre Sevigny. Pierre was a fan favourite from the 1992 Team Canada squad. A gritty player who could put the puck in...
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Lost Rookies: Marco Baron
Marco Baron played in 86 career NHL teams over the span of six seasons and three franchises. He would never have a rookie card. Baron, drafted by the Boston Bruins 99th overall in the 1979 NHL...
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TTM Success: Guy Hebert
Guy Hebert is best known as a goalie for the Mighty Ducks of Anahiem. He played 441 of of his 491 career games with the Ducks. In fact he was in net for the Mighty Duck's inaugural game, a 7-2...
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81-82 OPC Reboot: Intro and Bruins
I made an earlier post where I lamented about the poor picture selection by OPC in the early 1980s sets. In the 1981-82 set, there are 33 goalies. Of those 33, 22 are not even wearing a mask. The...
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1981-82 OPC Reboot: Sabres and Flames
Buffalo Sabres The Sabres would be one of three teams to only use two goalies during the entire season. The Sabres had a good reason. They finished 3rd in the league for fewest goals against and both...
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1981-82 OPC Reboot: Hawks and Rockies
Chicago Black Hawks The Black Hawks only used two goalies during the 1980-81 season. Bannerman would eventaully ease Esposito out of the role of starter, a position he held with the Black Hawks since...
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TTM Success: Wes Walz
Wes Walz had to leave the NHL to become a more complete player. Walz played 169 games with four franchises over parts of six NHL seasons. Unable to find a full time role in the NHL as a playmaker,...
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1981-82 OPC Reboot: Wings and Oilers
Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings were still mired in the Dead Wings era, but change was a-comin. Mike Illitch would buy the team in 1982 and Steve Yzerman would be drafted in 1983. It would...
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Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey League
I have been playing Fantasy Hockey on Yahoo for decades. Okay, a decade plus years. I like playing on Yahoo sports but it's hard to get a league with good settings and to fill it with players who...
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TTM Success: David Harlock
David Harlock was a member of Team Canada in the 1991 World Junior Hockey Championship. Team Canada won the Gold with a thrilling victory over the USSR. It took a long time for Harlock to find a...
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I have posted this in a few places now. It's a Yahoo league that drops Shots and PIM in favour for Hits and Blocks as scoring categories. Live draft Wednesday night. It's more important that you...
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1981-82 OPC Reboot: Whalers and Kings
Hartford Whalers The Avco Cup winning Whalers of the WHA were a distant memory for the Hartford Whalers teams of the earlier 1980s. The 1979-80 Hartford Whalers had four future Hall of Famers on its...
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TTM Success: Evander Kane
Evander Kane had an eventful 18 months. With the relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, Kane went from being a tiny fish in a big ocean, to a large fish in a small pond. From hockey being...
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1981-82 OPC Reboot - North Stars and Canadiens
Minnesota North Stars The North Stars had made it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1981. They were the underdog in each series. Minnesota knocked off the Bruins, Sabres, and Flames, before being...
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