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From: [email protected] (W. Jim Jordan)
Subject: Re: #77's?
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] ("The Logistician") writes:
>I am in need of all of the players wearing #77 in the NHL. I know now only
>of one, Ray Borque for the Bruins. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I believe that Phil Esposito was the first to wear #77 when he played
with the Rangers in the '70s. This was the season that they put the
Rangers crest and "modern-style" numbers on the jerseys instead of the
"NEW YORK" or "RANGERS" block letters and two-colour numbers. He took #77
because the Rangers already had a #7.
(Hockey Night in Canada made a big thing out of it, saying it was the
biggest uniform style change in a long time. This was before Pittsburgh
and Vancouver changed their colours.)
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