Ron Ellis: 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee 329

1980-81 O-Pee-Chee 329 Ron Ellis Hockey Card (Front)

1980-81 O-Pee-Chee 329 Ron Ellis Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

The back of this 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee Ron Ellis hockey card contains just his NHL stats and no additional information on him. However, it does contain a general trivia snippet: Darryl Sittler has led the Leafs in scoring for three straight years.

En Français

Darryl Sittler a été le meilleur compteur des Leafs trois saisons d’affilée.

Details

As for the trivia snippet, it’s a little bit of an error. Darryl Sittler led the Toronto Maple Leafs in overall scoring for eight consecutive seasons, starting in 1972-73. He tied Lanny McDonald for the team lead with 90 points each in 1976-77. O-Pee-Chee jinxed him and his streak ended in 1980-81, falling a single point behind Wilf Paiement.

1980-81 was the end of the line for Ron Ellis as a player. After missing two seasons, 1975-76 and 1976-77, he’d made a decent comeback with the team. In his first year back, he scored 26 goals and helped the Buds to their longest playoff run since winning the Stanley Cup in 1966-67. However, his game declined after that and retired for good after playing 27 games in 1980-81.

The last of his 332 regular season NHL goals was scored in his fifth last game. On January 6, 1981 in a 6-3 road loss to the New York Islanders, Ellis scored on Glenn Resch at 9:56 of the third period, assisted by Dave Farrish and Laurie Boschman. Ron’s final goal was definitely overshadowed by John Tonelli‘s five goal performance for the Islanders.

Between 1963-64 and 1980-81, Ron Ellis played in 1,034 regular season and 70 playoff games in the National Hockey League, all with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ellis played in all eight games for Canada at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.

Ron Ellis NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	0	0	0
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	62	23	16	39	14
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	19	23	42	24
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	67	22	23	45	14
1967-68	Toronto Maple Leafs	74	28	20	48	8
1968-69	Toronto Maple Leafs	72	25	21	46	12
1969-70	Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	19	54	14
1970-71	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	24	29	53	10
1971-72	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	23	24	47	17
1972-73	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	22	29	51	22
1973-74	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	23	25	48	12
1974-75	Toronto Maple Leafs	79	32	29	61	25
1977-78	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	26	24	50	17
1978-79	Toronto Maple Leafs	63	16	12	28	10
1979-80	Toronto Maple Leafs	59	12	11	23	6
1980-81	Toronto Maple Leafs	27	2	3	5	2
	Totals	1034	332	308	640	207

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	3	0	3	2
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	0	0	0	2
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	12	2	1	3	4
1967-68	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1968-69	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	1	3	2
1969-70	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1970-71	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	1	1	2	2
1971-72	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	1	1	2	4
1972-73	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1973-74	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	1	3	0
1974-75	Toronto Maple Leafs	7	3	0	3	2
1977-78	Toronto Maple Leafs	13	3	2	5	0
1978-79	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	1	1	2	2
1979-80	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	0	0	0	0
1980-81	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	70	18	8	26	20