What is not to like about this lovely card from the 1985-86 O-Pee-Chee set? You may not notice anything strange about this card at first glance, but look closely at the hand holding up Doug’s blocker and trapper. Why is he holding his equipment like he’s having high tea with the local senior Bridge club? Pinkies up!

It is somewhat surprising that Doug didn’t have a longer career than he actually had. In 154 games with Boston from 1983 to 1988, his win-loss-tie record was an impressive 83-46-13. He also had a 3.33 goals-against average during that span, which considering it happened during the air-hockey era known as the 1980s, that was pretty damn good. He never did manage to grab hold of the number one job though. His 1983-84 stats were every bit as good as number one Pete Peeters, but Keans only got into 33 games. The next year Keans put up a 16-6-3 mark and 3.29 average, which was far better than Peeters’ 19-26-4 record and 3.47 average, yet the following year Keans was still a back-up, this time to newcomer Pat Riggin. Maybe the dainty way in which he carried his equipment really did affect his career…