Melvin Angelstad (born October 31, 1971) is a

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former professional

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player. He played two games in the

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with the

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during the

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to become the first player to wear #69 in a regular season game.

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later joined him in this distinction, who donned the number while skating for the

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. For Angelstad, the road to the NHL was a long one. He played five

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seasons in Thunder Bay before becoming an IHL regular and then AHL regular. While in Thunder Bay he played for the

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(later the Senators and Thunder Cats), wearing number 27, and spawning several bootlegged video collections of his fights. During the 2003–04 NHL season Angelstad appeared in two games with the Washington Capitals, registering a total of zero points and two penalty minutes. Angelstad has the distinction of being the first player in NHL history to wear sweater #69 in a regular season game. He now works as a firefighter in the

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area. He made a cameo appearance in the film Goon: Last of the Enforcers, in which he fights main character Doug Glatt (portrayed by

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