1972-73 O-Pee-Chee 73 Gary Doak Hockey Card (Front)
1972-73 O-Pee-Chee 73 Gary Doak Hockey Card (Back)
1972-73 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
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Card Notes
Gary is a real “team player” who always gives his best in any situation. He’s a tough man in front of the net, and he’s never afraid to throw his weight around in order to move the opposition. Gary’s back with Detroit this season.
En Français
Gary fait toujours son possible, quelle que soit la situation. Ce défenseur est à redouter devant les filets, car il n’est pas peureux. Cette année, Gary est de retour à Détroit ou il débuta dans la LNH en 1966.
Details
Gary Doak did rejoin the Detroit Red Wings for the 1972-73 NHL season but his return to the Motor City last just 44 games. On March 1, 1973, he was traded to the Boston Bruins for Garnet “Ace”Bailey.
Doak played just five regular season and two playoff games for the Bruins that season but after bouncing around between four teams in three seasons, he found stability with Boston and spent the final eight years of his career in Bean Town.
Orginally a prospect of the Red Wings, Doak appeared in four games with the club in 1965-66 before a February 16, 1966 trade sent him to Boston with Bill Lesuk and Ron Murphy for Leo Boivin and Dean Prentice. In his first go-round with the Bruins, Gary won his only Stanley Cup championship in 1969-70.
A highly sought after blue liner, Doak was the first pick by the Vancouver Canucks at the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft after the Buffalo Sabres took Tom Webster. Gary played the full inaugural season with the Canucks but was shipped to the New York Rangers at the start of the 1971-72 NHL season with Jim Wiste for Dave Balon, Wayne Connelly and Ron Stewart. He helped the Rangers reach the Stanley Cup final that year before falling to Boston.
Between 1965-66 and 1980-81, Gary Doak played 789 regular season and 78 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Red Wings, Bruins, Canucks and Rangers. A stay at home defenseman, he scored a career best six goals with Boston in 1978-79.