Parkhurst Retro Favorites Montreal Canadiens

It's hard to believe but for the quarter century prior to 1967 the NHL consisted of only six teams, the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Rangers, Bruins, Red Wings and Blackhawks.

In the mid-nineties, Parkhurst commemorated the 1964-65 NHL season by producing a set of "Tall Boy" cards featuring players and coaches from the "Original Six" teams. I'll be sharing my favorites in coming posts.

Here are my favorites from the Montreal Canadiens:

#87 Toe Blake

#81 Lorne Worsley

#80 Red Berenson

#83 Terry Harper

#85 Jean Beliveau

#67 Henri Richard

#70 Claude Provost

#74 J.C. Tremblay

#75 Yvan Cournoyer

#76 Jean-Guy Talbot

#86 Bill Hicke

#82 Charlie Hodge

Favorite On Card Autographs

Dinged Corners has invited people to post their three favorite on-card autographs. Here are mine.

1961 Topps #35

I got this TTM back in 1975 right after Ron retired. I sent the card and a couple of other items to him at Torco Oil.

2000 UD Epic Signatures JBe

With apologies to Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe nothing says HOCKEY more than the Montreal Canadiens and the captain, Jean Beliveau.

2005 UD Ultimate Signature Decades #SD-HK

One of my favorite all-time players on my favorite autograph set.