"Boston Bruins" Ed Westfall Hand Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

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"Boston Bruins" Ed Westfall Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Edwin Vernon "Shadow" Westfall
(born September 19, 1940) is a
Canadian
former
professional
ice hockey
player who played 18 seasons in the
National Hockey League
with the
Boston Bruins
and the
New York Islanders
from
1961
until
1978–79
. Notable as a defensive specialist often tasked with defending against the star scorers of enemy teams, Westfall played most of his career as a right wing, although he played stints on defence in his earlier years and at centre in his later years. He played his
junior hockey
with the
Barrie Flyers
and
Niagara Falls Flyers
, and started his professional career with the
Kingston Frontenacs
. By
1961
he joined the Bruins, although he had stints the next two years with the Frontenacs and the
Providence Reds
of the
American Hockey League
(AHL). By
1966
, he was firmly ensconced on Boston's checking line. Westfall won the
Stanley Cup
with the
Boston Bruins
in
1970
and
1972
. He was on the ice on
Bobby Orr
's famous Stanley Cup-winning goal in 1970
[
and also scored the second of the three fastest goals in
National Hockey League
(NHL) history, when the Bruins scored three goals in 20 seconds in a 1971 game with the
Vancouver Canucks
. During those seasons he made his reputation as a preeminent penalty killer (generally paired with centre
Derek Sanderson
or winger
Don Marcotte
), enough so that he was named to play in the All-Star Game in 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1975. Westfall scored 18 shorthanded goals for Boston during the regular season and added six more in Stanley Cup play for the Bruins. The latter mark--which he shares with Sanderson--is still the club record. Westfall was chosen by the
New York Islanders
in the
1972 NHL Expansion Draft
. He was subsequently made the first captain of the team,
[5]
a position he held until
1977
. Westfall scored the first goal in franchise history in their first game against the
Atlanta Flames
on October 7, 1972. His best season statistically was the
1975
, when Westfall led the Islanders into their first playoffs and all the way into the Stanley Cup semifinals, exploding in the playoffs with five goals and ten assists to cap a 22-goal, 55-point regular season. He remained an effective scorer through the
1977 season
, in which he was awarded the
Bill Masterton Trophy
for perseverance and dedication, after which he relinquished the team captaincy to
Clark Gillies
. His scoring declined sharply in his final two seasons, during which he spent his time on checking lines and penalty killing.