The Rookie
36 year old rookie Herb Gardiner won the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1926-27 with the Montreal Canadiens as the league's most valuable player.
Have you ever seen that classic baseball movie called The Rookie starring Dennis Quaid? Well Herb Gardiner's life is hockey's version of that incredible story.
A stellar two-way defensemen, Herb didn't make the jump to the NHL until he was at the advanced hockey age of 35 years old. Despite being at least a decade older than most players in the league, …
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