Name: Mel Bridgman
Team: New Jersey Devils
Position: Center
Value of card: Shaved ice
Key 1983-84 stat: No toothpaste needed
Presenting Mel Bridgman, by the numbers:
38: Assists in 1983-84
23: Goals in 1983-84
5: Teeth in 1983-84
$148,000: Amount Bridgman earned annually in the early '80s
$33,000: Amount Bridgman spent annually on housing in the early '80s
$12,000: Amount Bridgman spent annually on creamed corn and oatmeal in the early '80s
18:58: Bridgman's minutes on ice per game
1:53: Bridgman's penalty minutes per game
1:46: Minutes the dentist needed to give Bridgman a full checkup per visit
Card submitted by Douglas Corti
$0.03 cents (Canadian): Money spent on air-brushing Mel's red Calgary Flames helmet into a shade never worn by the New Jersey Devils. Includes salary and art supplies.
ReplyDeleteSummer Teeth: Some'r there some aren't.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea the Devils wore chrome helmets back in their early days...
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