TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 15: Retired Maple Leaf legend Johnny Bower watches as his #1 is formally retired and raised to the rafters prior to action between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in an NHL game on October 15, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Leafs defeated the Bruins 4-1. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
Welcome to another edition of Blueshirts Briefs, a series profiling individuals who worked a short shift for the New York Rangers.
I was five years old on November 2, 1975, when Eddie Giacomin made his return to Madison Square Garden as a member of the Detroit Red Wings, just two days after he was waived by the New York Rangers.