Received: 3/7/12
Time: 34 Days
Address: Home
Item Sent: 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee, 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee
Item Received: 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee, 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee. Both signed in black Sharpie.
Notes:
I didn't see Pete LoPresti play, and I really don't want to sound like a homer. But I know he was a better goaltender than his statistics would indicate. Yes, it's easy to look at the 43-102-20 career record at 4.06 career GAA and deduce that he was the worst #1 goalie the North Stars every deployed, but you have to take the teams around him into account. The North Stars of the mid-to-late '70s - before the merger with the Cleveland Barons - were bad teams. He didn't have much in front of him, and those days were a lot more high scoring than today's NHL. The Virginia, Minnesota native remains a fan favorite to old school North Stars fans, and is still one of the winningest Minnesota-born goalies in NHL history.
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