Dude! What are you doing in that uniform? Part III

[The Pale King]

Allan Bester is probably best known for his time with the 1980s Leafs, but his final 10 games in the NHL came in 1995-96 as an injury call-up for Dallas, four years after his last stint in the NHL:

I also see he signed with Anaheim at one point, and while he never played for them, this image does exist:

It's hard to tell in black and white, but he's still wearing his Detroit/Adirondack Red Wings mask there. I can only imagine how well it goes with the Ducks Disney palette. Here it is looking awful special during his 51 game stint with the Orlando Solar Bears:

 

[Johnny Engine]

It's hard to tell in black and white, but he's still wearing his Detroit/Adirondack Red Wings mask there. I can only imagine how well it goes with the Ducks Disney palette. Here it is looking awful special during his 51 game stint with the Orlando Solar Bears: View attachment 256329

Am I missing some sort of symbolism to the bear paw logo, or did the designer just not think about what direction arms usually point when they sewed it on upside down?

 

[The Pale King]

Am I missing some sort of symbolism to the bear paw logo, or did the designer just not think about what direction arms usually point when they sewed it on upside down?

Hmm. Maybe the Avalanche have some sort of trade mark on correctly oriented foot/paw shoulder patches? Reading into it more, it looks like the same guy (Joe Bosack) designed the Avalanche logo and the current iteration of the Solar Bears... not sure about the 90s IHL team though. Maybe it's the same designer trying not to repeat himself.

But on the other-hand, if you gave a solar bear a piggyback ride, his paw print would appear that way on your shoulder.

 

[FerrisRox]

Bester appeared in just four games for the Detroit Red Wings. Here is in their retro uniforms. Judging by his spotless blocker, I would say this is a pre-season game from the 1991-92 season while he's breaking in new gear.

 

[kaiser matias]

Didn't realise until now that Martin Rucinsky played 42 games with the Stars in 2001-02, between moving from Montreal to New York:

 

[FerrisRox]

Didn't realise until now that Martin Rucinsky played 42 games with the Stars in 2001-02, between moving from Montreal to New York:

Dallas made a big splash that off-season signing Pierre Turgeon and Donald Audette but the Stars and Audette were an awkward fit and after twenty games he was swapped to Montreal for Rucinsky (Van Allen and Brunet were also part of the trade.) Then after barely 40 games with Rucinsky, they moved him too.

 

[Matti_A]

Fred Brathwaite with the Thrashers, pre-season only.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

I thought somebody listed Mike Palmateer in this thread or the last pages of "Dude...II", but I can't find anything showing him so...

Mike Palmateer, Washington Capitals (1980-82; 60 GP, 20-26-11, 4.35 GAA)

Mike Palmateer from the 1985 pre-season with the Edmonton Oilers

 

[ForsbergForever]

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[MS]

Mike Palmateer from the 1985 pre-season with the Edmonton Oilers

Where is that Palmateer hockey card image from? Palmateer’s 84-85 O-Pee-Cher card was of him as a Leaf goalie making a save.

 

[kaiser matias]

Fred Brathwaite with the Thrashers, pre-season only.

Note the presence of Martin Luther King and his quote on the mask. Atlanta of course being the hometown of King.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Where is that Palmateer hockey card image from? Palmateer’s 84-85 O-Pee-Cher card was of him as a Leaf goalie making a save.

It would be from 1985-86

 

[Iron Mike Sharpe]

Where is that Palmateer hockey card image from? Palmateer’s 84-85 O-Pee-Cher card was of him as a Leaf goalie making a save.

Fake card / home job / photoshop: that card doesn't exist.

 

[MS]

Fake card / home job / photoshop: that card doesn't exist.

Who on earth has the time and motivation to make a fake Mike Palmateer for a team he only played in the preseason for before retiring?

 

[cupcrazyman]

Larry Murphy as a Leaf
HOFer my ass ! lol

 

[cupcrazyman]

Who on earth has the time and motivation to make a fake Mike Palmateer for a team he only played in the preseason for before retiring?

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/cards/carddisplay.php?pid=4121

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Larry Murphy as a Leaf
HOFer my ass ! lol

He only has four Stanley Cups and over 1,200 career points. Leaving Toronto was the best thing to happen to his career.

 

[MS]

https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/cards/carddisplay.php?pid=4121

The 84-85 O-Pee-Chee card is of Palmateer as a Leaf making a save. I have that card.

Someone, for some reason, took it upon themselves to make a redesign of that card with him as an Oiler in the 1984 preseason.

 

[The Panther]

Larry Murphy as a Leaf
HOFer my ass ! lol

Murphy was great -- as usual -- in Toronto. In his only full season, he was 3rd in team scoring (ahead of Gartner, Andreychuk). On a sub-.500 club, he was on the ice for 129 Leafs' goals and 75 goals against (that's overall plus 54 -- compare with Sundin, plus 38, and Gilmour, plus 21 -- and was by far the best of all Leafs' defencemen).

Luckily, Murphy got the boot in when the Wings won the '97 Cup (he had the best +/- in the playoffs, along the way) when he told the media that Leafs' fans didn't understand the game. And Toronto missed the playoffs for two years after getting rid of Murphy.

 

[scott clam]

 

[Cyclones21]

is that Sergei Federov?

 

[scott clam]

is that Sergei Federov?

Yep.

 

[NJDevils7]

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Look at those gloves! Those were my second favourite ones ever. After those Franklin road hockey inspired ones.

 

[Super Fadio Bro]

is that Sergei Federov?

Him in a CBJ jersey is even weirder.