Hockey History As Told By Cardboard - Rick Tocchet

Rick Tocchet enjoyed the highest scoring game of his NHL career on January 25, 1989 when he scored four goals with two assists against the Winnipeg Jets. 

A punishing hitter with an accurate wrist shot, he passed the 400th game, 300th point and 200th assist plateaus all in the 1989-90 season. He also scored a goal with an assist in the 1990 All Star Game, on his way to the best offensive season of his career to that point.  He led the flyers in points, goals, assists, points per game and power-play goals. 

During that season, the three-time 30-goal scorer said, "I wanted to be known as one of the best right wings. Right now I consider myself in the top three or four."

Hockey History As Told By Cardboard - Claude Giroux

Since being drafted 22nd in the 2006 NHL Draft, Claude Giroux has been a stalwart scorer for the Philadelphia Flyers and is one of the top team leaders in Stanley Cup Playoff points.  

When Philadelphia traveled to nearby rivals Washington and hammered the Capitals 7-2 on February 8, 2020, Giroux reached a milestone while playing a key role in the rout.  The Flyers' captain reached 800 career NHL points by scoring a goal and delivering two assists in the victory.  After helping set up Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny for goals, he scored his own on a power play in the third period.

Hockey History As Told By Cardboard - Ron Hextall

Wayne Gretzky once referred to Hextall as "the best goaltender I've ever played against". On December 8, 1987, he made history by becoming the first goaltender in the NHL (since those stats were kept) to net a goal on a shot.

The Flyers were leading at home at the Philadelphia Spectrum late in a regular season game against the Boston Bruins. Goalie Rejean Lemelin was pulled from the net for Boston to get the extra attacker.  As the puck caromed to the left side of the net, Hextall came out to play it, grabbing the loose puck and firing it down the ice into the empty net at the other end. 

To cement his legend as the most prolific goal scoring goalie, he did the same thing again April 11, 1989 in a playoff game against the Washington Capitals.