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

[Albatros]

Right Player, Right Team, Wrong Uniform

 

[frontsfan2005]

Craig Anderson was a backup on the Boston Bruins for six games in 2006 - he never actually appeared in a game with Boston.

 

[vikash1987]

J.P. Parise in a Cleveland Barons uniform was kind of unusual, though he looked good in anything (as does his son Zach)

 

[c9777666]

Rick Wamsley, who mostly played for Calgary/Montreal/St. Louis, as a Toronto Maple Leaf

 

[Brodeur]

In the 90's, some players would suit up for an IHL team while holding out with their NHL clubs. Some off the top of my head:

Curtis Joseph on the Las Vegas Thunder.

Nikolai Khabibulin on the Long Beach Ice Dogs.

Peter Bondra on the Detroit Vipers.

Sean Burke on the San Diego Gulls.

 

[Davenport]

Derek Sanderson's NHL career ended in Pittsburgh, where he played 13 games in 1977-78.

 

[Davenport]

Pierre Pilote played one season - 1968-69 (his last) - in Toronto.

 

[FerrisRox]

I have absolutely no recollection of Arturs Irbe ever returning to the Stars.

He never did return to them. He only had one stint in Dallas.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Eric Staal
Soon to include MTL.

 

[Davenport]

Harry Howell. After playing 17 seasons with the New York Rangers - and while recovering from surgery - he was approached by GM Emile Francis with the suggestion that he - Howell - hang up his jersey and assume a non-playing role with the Rangers. Harry said he wanted to continue playing, and requested a trade to one of the West Coast teams. During the 1969-70 season, he donned the jersey of the Oakland Seals. Howell would play parts of two seasons in Oakland, parts of three seasons in Los Angeles, and then three seasons in the WHA. His teammates - from the start of his career and until the end - all praised him for being a perfect gentleman and a true professional.

 

[kaiser matias]

He never did return to them. He only had one stint in Dallas.

I believe it's in reference to Irbe being drafted by the Minnesota North Stars. He obviously never played for them, going to San Jose in that convoluted expansion draft in 1991.

 

[c9777666]

He never did return to them. He only had one stint in Dallas.

He did win 17 of his 35 starts in Dallas, but was unable to unseat Andy Moog who actually had an All-Star season in 97

 

[kaiser matias]

In light of his death the other day, Bobby Schmautz is pictured here in an Oilers uniform. Likely most notable for his time with the Bruins (though I grew up knowing him as an early Canuck), he played 29 games for Edmonton during the 1979-80 season.

He also played 20 games for the Rockies that year, but I couldn't find a decent photo to add here.

 

[The Panther]

Ron Hextall is obviously a Flyer-lifer, and while I have no problem remembering his brief period with Quebec, his stint with the Islanders just seems... wrong.

 

[The Panther]

Not exactly a "uniform" per se, but here's Maurice Richard in 1972, wearing the WHA Nordiques' shirt:

Here's a quote from 'Canada Coin News's' website:

Marius Fortier, one of the Nordiques’ six founders, offered Richard a job as the team’s head coach—a dream position for Richard, who quickly accepted the position; however, after losing his first game 2-0 on the road against the Cleveland Crusaders, Richard handed in his resignation.
“It’s that simple,” he told Fortier. “I’ll die behind the bench, and I love life too much to do that.”

Fortier convinced him to stay for another game while he found a replacement, but Richard was unable to follow the tempo during his team’s second game, this at home against the Alberta Oilers. Defenceman Jean-Claude Tremblay managed the line changes and team strategy.

On Oct. 14, 1972, La Presse reported that during the game against Alberta, which was losing to the Nordiques after a “brilliant performance,” Richard was “nervous, shaking occasionally like a leaf.”

Richard quit that day and was replaced by Maurice Filion.

 

[Hobnobs]

He never did return to them. He only had one stint in Dallas.

I think he means that he returned to the club that drafted him since Stars is the North Stars franchise and they drafted Irbe.

 

[Albatros]

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

In the 90's, some players would suit up for an IHL team while holding out with their NHL clubs. Some off the top of my head:

Curtis Joseph on the Las Vegas Thunder.

Nikolai Khabibulin on the Long Beach Ice Dogs.

Peter Bondra on the Detroit Vipers.

Sean Burke on the San Diego Gulls.

Believe this was during the 95 strike.

 

[Hobnobs]

Believe this was during the 95 strike.

Nah Burke played for the Gulls in 92, Khabibulin played in IHL during the 97 season iirc. Bondra signed with the Vipers at the beginning of the 96 season. Joseph played in IHL while being an unsigned RFA (I know I know UFA group something) by the Oilers

 

[hockey webcomics]

Giguere

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Nah Burke played for the Gulls in 92, Khabibulin played in IHL during the 97 season iirc. Bondra signed with the Vipers at the beginning of the 96 season. Joseph played in IHL while being an unsigned RFA (I know I know UFA group something) by the Oilers

I miss the IHL. It was my favourite league outside of the NHL.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

He never did return to them. He only had one stint in Dallas.

As others said in this thread. The Stars and North Stars are the same team to me.

 

[Iapyi]

Not the Johnny Bower I remember.

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Bower was my great-uncle's cousin. It is uncanny how much they looked alike.

 

[c9777666]

Wendel Clark during his brief Islander stint in 1995-96

 

[Peter Tosh]

View attachment 413842Harry Howell. After playing 17 seasons with the New York Rangers - and while recovering from surgery - he was approached by GM Emile Francis with the suggestion that he - Howell - hang up his jersey and assume a non-playing role with the Rangers. Harry said he wanted to continue playing, and requested a trade to one of the West Coast teams. During the 1969-70 season, he donned the jersey of the Oakland Seals. Howell would play parts of two seasons in Oakland, parts of three seasons in Los Angeles, and then three seasons in the WHA. His teammates - from the start of his career and until the end - all praised him for being a perfect gentleman and a true professional.

That guy looks extremely old, but according to Eliteprospects, he should be around 37 at the time of the picture being taken. Did people age faster back then?