Greg Holst was kind enough to sign two TTM autos (both of which were his official hockey rookie cards) that I recently sent to him so I figured I would do a post as a tribute to his. Greg Holst, who was born in Montreal, started out playing for the University of New Brunswick. There he achieved 28 goals and 46 points in 37 games inside of two years, 1971-1973.
Opportunity knocked for him when, in 1974, the New York Rangers decided to take a chance on him, selecting him overall. He was kind of small at only 5’10” and 170 lbs. so he had pretty much been ignored by the NHL. Before the start of the 1975-76 season, he was invited to the NY Rangers training camp and he did very well but was sent to the AHL. He played so well for the AHL that the NY Rangers called him up for two games.
Greg played five games for New York in 1976-77 and four more games in 1977-78. Eventually, the Austrian club IEV Innsbruck offered Greg a contract in 1978 and he accepted and became an instant hit in Austria where he ended up dominating the Austrian League for fifteen years.
Later, in 1993, he retired and became a coach. Even though he was not in the NHL that long, he was very successful in Austria and had a very rewarding career.
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