14 Dave Reid
1999-2000
Fifth Season
Pro Player Mesh. Set 4. Neck tagging 58.
MeiGray No. 108287
This jersey was acquired from Meigray, and shows pretty good game wear for a playoff set. It is tagged set "4" on the fight strap, and has no markings in the neck as do some others from this season. As with all 99-00's, it has the "NHL 2000" patch on the right chest. Moderate wear, especially good for a playoff jersey. Jersey shows numerous black marks throughout body and sleeves. Jersey has a nice broad scuff mark with some material damage at the bottom of the crest and extending into the body. Sleeve numbers show some nice black marks. There is also a nice large black mark in the upper left chest. The jersey is accompanied by the Avalanche LOA and Meigray documentation.
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Neck tagging
Hem tagging
Wash tag
NHL2000 patch
NHL2000 patch
Nameplate
Sleeve marks
Sleeve marks
Sleeve marks
Body marks
Crest/body marks
Body marks
While growing up as a teenager in Etobicoke, Ontario, Dave Reid got close to the pros by collecting their images on hockey cards. It's a habit that has stayed with him right into adulthood. By the time he joined the Maple Leafs in 1988, his collection was 180,000 strong and included baseball, football, and even Batman.
But while enlarging his collection during those early days, Reid also enlarged upon his on-ice career, skating for three years with the Peterborough Petes of the OHL from 1981 to 1984. The Boston Bruins were sufficiently impressed with his performance to pick him up in the 1982 Entry Draft. Two seasons later, he saw his first action with the club, an event that launched a pattern of shuttling between Hershey, Moncton, Maine, and the parent Bruins. The rocky ride went on for four seasons when the Bruins decided not to renew his contract. Reid looked destined to remain a career minor-leaguer.
With Toronto, Reid was thrown onto a checking line with Dave Hannan and Lou Franceschetti. The trio clicked with their less-than-fancy, dump-and-charge style of play. Reid looked very much at home until his contract expired in 1991. It then looked like history repeating itself when Reid signed again with the Boston Bruins who, during the course of the 1991-92 season, sent him back down for a return visit with the Maine Mariners of the AHL. But this time the stay was short and Reid resumed his NHL gig for good.
He lasted one more season in Boston and then signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars who welcomed his tenacious defensive play and streak scoring outbursts, especially the odd cluster of shorthanded goals. In 1998-99, all of Reid's patience and hard work paid off as his Stars won their first and only Stanley Cup.
The following year, life only got better as he signed with the Colorado Avalanche, another dominant team of the NHL. And as usual, Reid plugged right into the club's defensive system, making himself his usual useful self. At the close of the 2000-2001 campaign, Reid was awarded his second Stanley Cup ring.
Left Wing -
Shoots left
Born: May 15, 1965 - Toronto, Ontario
6-1, 218 lbs.
Boston's fourth choice (60th overall) in the 1982 Entry Draft. Signed by Toronto as a free agent June 23, 1988. Signed by Boston as a free agent December 1, 1991. Signed by Dallas as a free agent December 3, 1996. Signed by Colorado as a free agent October 6, 1999.
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