Johnny Bower

Mailed out: July 7, 2014
Returned: July 24, 2014
c/o home return #43

John Kiszkan changed his name to Johnny Bower in his first year of professional hockey make it easier for sports writers, betcha ya didn't know that one. It's crazy to think that Bower played 9 seasons in the AHL before actually getting a shot in the NHL, even after that he still bounced between the two leagues for a few more seasons. The wait just allowed him to make his career more illustrious because he won three Calder Cups while in the minors, he added four Stanley Cups to his resume that included the Leafs three-peat, and to top it all off the China wall also owns a couple of Vezinas.

I included two toonies for my two cards to be signed, the soon to be 90 year old included the NHL Alumni card.