This is my passport photo taken when I was 17.
I was getting ready to go on a big trip, which ultimately would cause me to miss most of the Montreal Canadiens’ 1968-69 season.
I’m unable to talk about watching Rogie Vachon and Gump Worsley in goal and rookie coach Claude Ruel winning the Stanley Cup in his rookie coaching season and most of the other details of that year, mainly because I wasn’t around.
When this passport picture was taken I was working in a factory, having quit school after grade ten, and was saving my money.