Goalie: Ed Giacomin on the 69-70 Rangers.
Skater: Glen Sather when he joined the Rangers the following year. He cut the palms out of his gloves so he could grab opponents and slow them down. For awhile I adopted his "Slats" nickname among my hockey buddies.
Oh ya, thats a good one, "The Wanderer".
Fast Eddie. One of my All Time Favorite Goalies who interestingly.... almost never had a career at all if not for his older brother Rollie Giacomin.... In 1954 Ed invited to tryout for the Jr. Red Wings,
Cut, told he'd "never make it as a Goalie in the NHL or Pro, give it up kid" but persevered none the less, returning home to Sudbury,.... then in 58/59 the Washington Eagles of the EAHL put out a call for Rollie the Goalie. a Backup in the NOHA with the Sudbury Wolves to get down there tout sweet for their final 4 games of the season having lost their one & only to injury.....
Only Rollie, he didnt wanna go to Washington so instead, sends Eddy... Eddy'll do it.... And he did, winning all 4 games. That next fall he was signed as a Backup/Practice Goalie and Assistant Trainer however the regular got injured and... the rest as they say history..... Cant recall exactly, but was it 69/70, last half of the season he started wearing a mask or was it 70/71? Believe he did try a Plante Fibrosport model but didnt like it, his first worn in-game looks a bit like a Lefty Wilson model but at the same doesnt, actually quite bizarre, worn briefly then replaced with an Ernie Higgins model that he then used for the rest of his career.... Claimed even post career though that he didnt much care for masks. Better vision & awareness without.