It's been a crazy long while since I've posted, but thought my "comeback" blog should centre around something very sentimental. Today's jersey post Eric Lindros of the Philadelphia Flyers. This was a custom made item, the shirt was from a thrift store and the patches were from eBay. It was all pieced together professionally from Game Day Sports.
This was the road style jersey worn during the 1990s. The letters are stitched along with the double layered numbers on the sleeves and Captain's patch. For this post, I'm choosing to mainly cover his career with the Flyers.
Born on 28 February 1973 in London, ON Canada, Eric Lindros played junior hockey for the Oshawa Generals [1989 - 1992]. In the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, he was selected no. 1 overall by the Quebec City Nordiques before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers about one year later while he remained in Oshawa. For the next 8 seasons, Lindros would collect several awards in the NHL including both a Hart Memorial Trophy and a Lester B. Pearson Award in 1995. His only Stanley Cups Finals appearance was in 1997 in a losing effort.
In the summer 2001, after eight seasons with the Flyers, Eric Lindros was traded to the New York Rangers, making one All-Star Game appearance in 2002. He would then sign as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2005. In 2006, he signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars playing 49 games before retiring in the offseason.
Eric Lindros has represented Team Canada nine times. Three appearances in the World Juniors [1990 (gold medal), 1991 (gold medal), 1992], once for the Canada Cup [1991 (Champion)], three times in the Olympics [1992 (silver medal), 1998, 2002 (gold medal)] and once for the World Cup of Hockey [1996].
NHL Career Highlights and Achievements
1993 All-Rookie Team
1995 Hart Memorial Trophy
1995 Lester B. Pearson Award
1995 First All-Star Team
1996 Second All-Star Team
7x All-Star [1994, 1996-00, 2002]
760 GP, 372 G, 493 A, no. 88 retired by the Philadelphia Flyers in his honour
2016 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee as a player
What makes this jersey sentimental is the personally in-scripted autograph on the number. My mom worked for a client who knew Eric Lindros and gave it to me as a birthday gift.
