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A couple weeks ago MSG Network was running "rookie games" featuring key early games for players who became stars. I tuned in one night to see the Devils John MacLean get his 1st NHL goal and Pat Verbeek get his first assist. It was a 1983 game against the Red Wings. I would have just been happy to see Johnny Mac score that goal (I still have a home white jersey of his) but as I watched a I noiced a few cool thingsfew cool things:
Three of the rookies in that game went on to have 20 year careers, two of them all 20 with the same team:
Ken Daneyko (Devils)
Steve Yzerman (Wings)
Pat Verbeek (Devils et al)
and 4 of the Red Wings players went on to head coaching and or front office jobs:
Yzerman
Barry Melrose
Colin Campbell
Ted Nolan
Just thought it was pretty cool.
Three of the rookies in that game went on to have 20 year careers, two of them all 20 with the same team:
Ken Daneyko (Devils)
Steve Yzerman (Wings)
Pat Verbeek (Devils et al)
and 4 of the Red Wings players went on to head coaching and or front office jobs:
Yzerman
Barry Melrose
Colin Campbell
Ted Nolan
Just thought it was pretty cool.
