Dennis Ververgaert and Dave Hutchison will be officially inducted into the Don Brankley London Knights Hall of Fame on Feb. 7.
London Knight's trainer Don Brankley acknowledges the fans on his appreciation night. It is the final regular season home game of his 39-year career against the Erie Otters on March 14, 2008, at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. The Knights defeated the Otters 7-0. .Dennis Ververgaert remains one of the most prolific scorers in franchise history.
“Maloney was a 19-year-old at the time and I was 17 and he kind of took me under his wing and said, ‘Here’s how you have to play this game.’ He and I became kind of a tag team with the Knights, and then we would play together with the Kings, and then with the Maple Leafs.
Maple Leaf fans still wonder to this day what might have happened if players like Hutchison and Sittler and Lanny McDonald had remained in Toronto, but Hutchison soaked in every moment.“I remember standing on the blue line at Maple Leaf Gardens with Borje Salming, who was my defence partner, and it was a Saturday night and the lights were so bright in that building, and I remember looking up and seeing all the people and that great high ceiling that the Gardens had.
“I had finished my career the year before. I was done,” remembered Hutchison. “Bill Watters called me at home and he said, ‘Do you want to come back and play?’ I went down the next day and signed a contract. I didn’t even have skates. I had to find an old pair in my mother’s attic and we jumped on a plane to Pittsburgh.”Ververgaert was very nearly a Maple Leaf himself.
And he was very good to Vancouver. He finished second in scoring on the team in his rookie season and scored more goals than any other rookie in the NHL that season.For that Ververgaert actually credits goaltender Gary Smith, who was best known for the things he did between periods, like removing all of his goalie gear and then putting it all back on.
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