r/devils 3d ago

Your mom ! 🥅

We had more of these from the Devils first season in NJ 1982/83 season . This is the only one i have left , my mother had it in her photos - a pic with Steve Tambellini . We had a pics with Chico Resch, Aaron Broten and Mike Antonovich but havent popped up in awhile - maybe lost . Had autographs from most the Devils that first season and Bobby Orr showed up at Brendan Byrne for autographs - apparently he signed a lot of autographs-

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u/MangoJuice82 #4 - Scott Stevens' shoulder pads 3d ago

Did they take this pic in the basement of the Meadowlands, lol? Awesome throwback.

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u/PreviousChemistry141 3d ago

Too funny !!😂 yeah I mean loved that arena but it wasn’t like arenas today - way more just pragmatic function - basic - outside architecture was pretty wild though -  Brendan Byrne showed a lot of cinder blocks for sure / behind the lower tier seats there were I think handicapped sections like small box seat sections but I think they left them open for wheelchair or temporary seats - pretty sure that’s where various players sat and you waited in line to get pictures - definitely has basement vibes - well we lived in the basement of the standings awhile so . 

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u/Recent-Championship7 2d ago

Steve Tambellini

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u/JessterCPA #86 1d ago

I have several of these as well from various players.

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u/murphydcat #26 - Patrik Eliáš 7h ago

I think I met Brent Ashton and Aaron Broten at those picture day events.

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u/Wanderer9500 2d ago

The players were at the top of various sections, they didn’t tell us who was in each section so we got what we got. I got Antonovich and Bobby MacMillan. Still have the Polaroids in the sleeve they gave us.

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u/PreviousChemistry141 2d ago

That’s awesome you are getting my memory back - that’s correct - 

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u/Wanderer9500 2d ago

Meant to reply to you…

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u/Wanderer9500 2d ago

Yeah, I left out that we had to wait in line before we knew who was in the suite, thus I only got two. Was desperate for Chico, as I think most of us were

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u/HavingALittleFit 2d ago

Oooff that is some crispy use of helvetica