1965 Topps hockey card of Hall of Fame goaltender Eddie Giacomin. His professional playing career spanned from 1959 until 1978, with his rookie season in the NHL being in ’65, when he was acquired by the New York Rangers in a trade. Giacomin became a Ranger fan favorite, and his jersey #1 has been retired by the team. When the Rangers started a youth movement in 1975, he was waived and claimed by the Detroit Red Wings, and in his first game back at Madison Square Garden as the Wings’ goalie, the Ranger fans chanted “Eddie, Eddie” all during the game, while booing their own team. Giacomin never played on a Stanley Cup winning team in his career, but is still considered one of the great goalies of all time, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.
