Thursday, September 1, 2022

Month of Mail - August 2022

Happy to share some new autographs added in August highlighted by a TTM reply from Howard Scruton. The grand total of unique NHL autographs in my collection currently stands 7,240 for 90% of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. 

                 Howard Scruton
Howard Scruton played 4 career NHL games with the 1982-83 LA Kings. He recorded 4 assists in those 4 games. The majority of his pro hockey career, from 1982 to 1985, was spent with the AHL's New Haven Nighthawks. 

                    Dan McFall
Michigan State alumni Dan McFall played 9 games with the Winnipeg Jets from 1985 to 1986. Internationally, he represented USA at the World Juniors in '82 and '83.

                      Emanuel Viveiros
From 1985 to 1988 Manny Viveiros played 29 games in the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars. He's currently a coach in the AHL with the Henderson Silver Knights and unfortunately does not reply to his mail. I purchased a big lot of signed NHL/AHL index cards just so I could get this autograph. 

                           Vern Smith
Defenseman Vern Smith played 1 NHL game with the 1984-85 New York Islanders. 

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                    Dylan Wells
Dylan Wells dressed in 1 NHL game as a backup goalie with the 2020-21 Edmonton Oilers. He was Mike Smith's backup in a game agains the Canadiens. This goes with my collection of goalies who only appeared in the NHL as backups.

     Ken Hitchcock
The fourth winningest coach in NHL history, Ken Hitchcock spent time as head coach of the Stars, Flyers, Blue Jackets, Blues and Oilers. He won the Stanley Cup in 1999 with the Dallas Stars and the Jack Adams Award in 2012 with the Blues. This goes with my collection of NHL coaches and GMs who never played in the league.

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