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Stars in the Star

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Only a few short years after dinosaurs roamed the earth, the Toronto Star Weekly (and other sister newspapers around the country) would once a week feature terrific full size photos of NHL stars which I would cut out and put into a second scrapbook if they weren’t Habs. The Habs pics would go into my treasured Montreal Canadiens scrapbook.

I think we all looked forward to see who would be next in the long line of photos, and it was always interesting to check out the big-league equipment these guys wore.

Here’s five of them, glue spots and all;

Gump Worsley, a few years before being traded to the Habs in a seven-player deal that included Jacques Plante heading to N.Y.

Terry Sawchuk, who many believe was the greatest goaltender of his day (some say the best ever), would eventually pass away after a wrestling match with teammate Ron Stewart out on the front lawn of the house they rented on Long Island.

Don Simmons was one goalie in particular that the Rocket seemed to have his way with, and there are several pictures of Richard bulging the twine behind a snakebitten Simmons. He owned a sporting goods store (which still exists) in southern Ontario after he’d retired from the game.

Gordie Howe. I once had breakfast with Hall of Fame goalie Glenn Hall, and I asked him who was the greatest of them all. He didn’t even have to think about it. He’d played against Bobby Orr, admitted the Rocket could be dangerous as hell, and had watched Wayne Gretzky closely from his farm near Edmonton, but his answer was Howe. (I think Orr was the best, but I wasn’t about to argue with Mr. Goalie).

George Armstrong, Leafs captain and a guy I always thought was a really mediocre skater, but he made up for it with leadership and smarts. I never liked him much because he was a Leaf and sometimes he’d score against the Habs, including the insurance goal against Montreal in game six when the Leafs won the Cup in 1967. Montreal had won the previous two Cups and would win two more after 1967, so if Armstrong and co. hadn’t ruined the party, Montreal would’ve had another five straight Stanley Cups.

He was also very stingy about signing autographs, which was rare for players back then.


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