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Classic Sports Card of The Day

27 Oct

1973 Opeechee hockey card of former NHL goaltender Roger Crozier, who played 14 seasons in the league, mostly with the Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres. Crozier was Rookie of The Year in 1965, and the following season became the first player on the losing team to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup playoff MVP, as the Wings lost to Montreal in 6 games in the finals. Crozier’s time in Buffalo was in the early years when the team was an expansion franchise, and his play made them competitive virtually every game. He was the first player inducted into the Sabres’ Hall of Fame in 1980. Crozier died of cancer in 1996.

 

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