Auston Matthews
Matthews and his teammates dominated the Calder Trophy voting in 2017. Matthews was the fastest Leaf rookie to score 25 goals. Auston's four-goal debut was the first Leaf rookie hat-trick in over 30 years.
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Ron Ellis
Ron Ellis and Team Canada '72 had a reunion game at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1985 and I was there. In 1979, Ellis capped off the Leafs NHL playoff record of three goals in 23 seconds . Ellis played and scored in the 1968 NHL All-Star Game , the last time the All-Stars played the previous season's Stanley Cup champs.
Mike Palmateer
Rare photos of Palmateer as a rookie. A few Palmateer magazine covers from my collection. Below is one of my favourite from my childhood days. No, I wasn't a big Tony Currie fan, but I always liked that fact that my favourite goalie Mike Palmateer sneaks in the left side of the photo. Currie's teammate Perry Turnbull also pops into the foreground. Twenty years ago, I got Palmateer to sign this card and as he laughed at it he put a little arrow pointing towards himself. It got me thinking about other players who have made un-credited cameos on others hockey cards. 1981/82 #292 Tony Currie Mike Palmateer, Pat Ribble, Perry Turnbull
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